Kenneth Grahame Quotes
Sudden and magnificent, the sun's broad golden disc showed itself over the horizon facing them; and the first rays, shooting across the level water-meadows, took the animals full in the eyes and dazzled them. When they were able to look once more, the Vision had vanished, and the air was full of the carol of birds that hailed the dawn.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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All of my businesses are profitable.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
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I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.
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I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water.
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We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
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My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the songs when I was a kid.
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Sudden and magnificent, the sun's broad golden disc showed itself over the horizon facing them; and the first rays, shooting across the level water-meadows, took the animals full in the eyes and dazzled them. When they were able to look once more, the Vision had vanished, and the air was full of the carol of birds that hailed the dawn.
