James Russell Lowell Quotes
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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I'm kind of a crazy person about hand sanitizer. I carry the plain ones that smell like aloe, from Target or CVS.
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Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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Whatever a person's politics, lawyers have to understand that we are, for most people, the gateway for them to have access to the third branch of government.
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data.
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I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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When the gig ain't there, you still got to pay the rent. I learned that a long time ago.
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You got to pick one - pay your medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people can't do both, and I'm no different.
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When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have not possessed enough of the eagle in my character to make a direct flight to the loftiest altitudes in the social world; and I certainly never endeavored to reach those heights by using the creeping powers of the reptile, who in ascending, generally chooses the dirtiest path, because it is the easiest.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
