James Russell Lowell Quotes
These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred,Each softly lucent as a rounded moon;The diver Omar plucked them from their bed,Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative.
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Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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I'm a big sports fan - mainly basketball.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I'm not graceful.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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Many of the companies in the mobile location space are trying to figure out different ways to tie what they're doing to commerce.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.
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I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
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...so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.
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It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
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I think we operate in a very dynamic marketplace, and as such, we need to constantly innovate.
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These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred,Each softly lucent as a rounded moon;The diver Omar plucked them from their bed,Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
