James Harrington Quotes
A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.
Quotes to Explore
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.
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Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
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A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.
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As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
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Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.
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'We would make our heroes shallow,' he answered, the words very slow and almost sad. 'We would make them brittle. It is they who must remind us of the true meaning of strength.'
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Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth
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For it is not without cause that one needs the police and the army to earn one's living or force and injustice to continue to exist.
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We have to rethink how we're going to live on this earth - stop talking about the fact that we've got to have agriculture, we've got to have exports, because all that is the death of us.
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A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.
