Walter Scott Quotes
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on the whole role of primary caregiver, you can be pretty sure your sibling who lives farthest away is going to call you and say, 'You don't know what you're doing.' Because they're not on the spot, and they probably feel guilty.
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.
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Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Dix.
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I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.
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There is no difficult moment working together because when we start a new project, Dante starts to make all the sketches and I can see the vision of the movie and then I start my job.
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A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.
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Life is a joke that's just begun.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
