Charles Fort Quotes
Existence is Appetite: the gnaw of being; the one attempt of all things to assimilate to some higher attempt.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
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When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.
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I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
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I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.
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I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.
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A fighter, a real strong fighter, should always look dignified and calm, and I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness. A strong person will not be nervous and will not express aggression towards his opponent. He will be confident in his abilities and his training; then he will face the fight calm and balanced.
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Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.
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I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.
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If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.
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I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.
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It is difficult to remember just how formal middle-class life was in the 1930's and '40s. I wore a suit and tie at home from the age of 18. One dressed for breakfast. One lived in a very formal way, and emotions were not paraded. And my childhood was not unusual.
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If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
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Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.
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Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.
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The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.
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Existence is Appetite: the gnaw of being; the one attempt of all things to assimilate to some higher attempt.
