Charlotte Bronte Quotes
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
Quotes to Explore
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.
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Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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We want laws to be applied predictably.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
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To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.
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Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.
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All truth is not to be told at all times.
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I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.
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When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else, I never listen to my records.
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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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To discover new continents, you must be willing to lose sight of the shore.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?
