James Russell Lowell Quotes
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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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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I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.
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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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My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.
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Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.
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What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without uttering a word, the mind empty of any thought, good or wicked. It is continuing to sit peacefully, facing a wall, and nothing more. Every day.
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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
