James Freeman Clarke Quotes
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.
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I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
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'Vice Squad' needed to be real if it was going to have the impact that I wanted it to have.
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I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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I used to just sit in the living room and make up songs on the keyboard.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
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Creating a nation requires the will of the people!
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In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
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I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early.
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All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
