Walter Scott Quotes
Thus aged men, full loth and slow,The vanities of life forego,And count their youthful follies o'er,Till Memory lends her light no more.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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To see the faces and hear the voices of victims of the Holocaust - one of the darkest chapters in history - was an experience I will never forget.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know.
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I'm always helping out girlfriends, and then I'm wondering, who's going to look after me?
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Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.
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I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form?
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Thus aged men, full loth and slow,The vanities of life forego,And count their youthful follies o'er,Till Memory lends her light no more.
