Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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Knight saved it with his back arm
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I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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Hanging out with Pierce Brosnan on the set of 'A Long Way Down' was quite an extraordinary thing to do. The interesting thing is, he never behaves like a star. He's a really nice man.
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By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
