James Gates Percival Quotes
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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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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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.
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We can be tempted to make the life of faith a matter of mere sentiment, thus blunting its power to inspire a consistent vision of the world and a rigorous dialogue with the many other visions competing for the minds and hearts of our contemporaries.
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You whispered softly in the ear of my joyous heart. You know what's on my mind, you've heard my thoughts. I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.
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There is something inherently foolish in soldiering on when there is no hope of payoff.
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I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events.
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The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.