James Russell Lowell Quotes
In vain we call old notions fudge,And bend our conscience to our dealing;The Ten Commandments will not budge,And stealing will continue stealing.
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple. Wireless is wireless, and it's digital. Hopefully somewhere along the line somebody will add more ones to the zeros. When digital first started, I swear I could hear the gap between the ones and the zeros.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.
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Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
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'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
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If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me – I will not just going to sit at my desk, at my computer all the time. I – I might want to march out on that.
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None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.
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Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.
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Email is the greatest thing.
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Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far.
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The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
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I'd get to within a yard of that door you walk through and the thing would go mad. I used to carry an X-ray in my briefcase, to show them. But I had all the metal taken out.
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Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.
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I think the novel is at one end of the art-entertainment continuum - the play in the middle - while TV and cinema veer a bit more towards entertainment.
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The ocean, after all, is not about stability but about change. Change is normal. Everything changes. All the time.
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London is a very energising place to be.
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Because I know that I am not my own master, I offer my heart as a true sacrifice to the Lord.
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Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot.
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In vain we call old notions fudge,And bend our conscience to our dealing;The Ten Commandments will not budge,And stealing will continue stealing.
