Douglas Horton Quotes
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Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.
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Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may.
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I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.
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I think a lot of what I was taught, gathered, and learned is worth keeping. Heritage and 'wisdom' and simply personal family and local history enrich the one able to tap such information. As it is I wish I had garnered more from my grandparents and parents.
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Tell me not here, it needs not saying,What tune the enchantress playsIn aftermaths of soft SeptemberOr under blanching mays,For she and I were long acquaintedAnd I knew all her ways.
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Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited to provoke than to prevent deformities.
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Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
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What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them.
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The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there - it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.
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Electric eels I might add do it, Though it shocks 'em I know...
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We serve Him most who take the most of His exhaustless love.
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Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.
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I think that the difference between 'The Sopranos' and the shows that came before it was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren't about the writer himself.
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I don't necessarily think, as a person of influence, that it's always my job to influence people regarding my opinion.
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May we remain connected in love. We are one.
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I really thought, with my background growing up, and my service, and all that, I thought it would be enough for the presidency. But... It sure was enough when I ran for Congress.
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Great, you ruined my life and you don’t even remember it.
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There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.
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Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
