Charlotte Bronte Quotes
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
Quotes to Explore
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.
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I wanted to be a doctor. I was pre-med at school, and I actually even took the MCAT. My ultimate decision was that I didn't love the work environment in a hospital.
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I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.
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I think anyone doing an interview is to some extent on show. And therefore, we always want to put on our best face.
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Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
