Kenneth Grahame Quotes
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
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One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
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I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.
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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
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The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent the fundamental building blocks of the whole superhero genre, whether it's a 'super' man able to lift cars, or a vigilante who terrorises criminals at night like Batman.
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Small towns are the worst for getting recognised.
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Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altaeDeerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset:Natus homo est.
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Today 29-9-34 ion the garden, rockery side, looking up to the house where Bone was working, sky bluish, very gentle, I looked without theories or self consciousness. This happens very seldom, though I can prolong the delight if I prevent my engines from restarting.
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The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in their relationship to larger truths, and who therefore assigned to them a prominence out of all proportion to their true importance.
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The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God.
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
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We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen, but upon all citizens. This is the majesty and the meaning of this moment.
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When you're playing against a whole bunch of All-Stars, it's like a video game. There's so much talent on the floor at once.
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I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the character. I didn't walk off the show with a three-picture deal to pursue this wonderful film career.
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I don't really trust the NFL.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.
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I like old things. They have an aura of the past... and I wonder whose hands have touched them. Their long histories give them depth and personality. My dream is to travel in pursuit of those histories... and find my own special place.
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There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
