Walter Raleigh Quotes
He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for whoso laboureth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
Quotes to Explore
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I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting people or just going to a little pub on the side of the road.
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No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day business man, going to work with his life in a suitcase, stuck between dream and reality and not able to decipher the two. I wanted 'Upwake' to have the same audiovisual qualities as a movie would.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.
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We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.
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During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate on one book at a time, though occasionally I will get an idea for a future book and scribble it down for future reference.
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I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12.
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Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
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Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour for you if they do build it; and may be they never will build it.
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He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for whoso laboureth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
