James A. Garfield Quotes
Mister Speaker, I am not able to understand the mental organization of the man who can consider this bill, and the subject of which it treats, as free from very great difficulties. He must be a man of very moderate abilities, whose ignorance is bliss, or a man of transcendent genius, whom no difficulties can daunt and whose clear vision no cloud can obscure.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Sometimes people ask me how old I am, and I have to stop and remember. I forget myself!
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The world is a pile of grunge.
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I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close.
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My greatest reward is that I have been able to build this wonderful organization.
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No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
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You must learn to control your dreams or your dreams will forever control you.
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Mister Speaker, I am not able to understand the mental organization of the man who can consider this bill, and the subject of which it treats, as free from very great difficulties. He must be a man of very moderate abilities, whose ignorance is bliss, or a man of transcendent genius, whom no difficulties can daunt and whose clear vision no cloud can obscure.
