James Russell Lowell Quotes
New times demand new measures and new men;The world advances, and in time outgrowsThe laws which in our father's times were best;And doubtless, after us, some purer schemeWill be shaped out by wiser men than we,Made wiser by the steady growth of truth.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back. When you don't enjoy it, that's the time to pack it in.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.
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I would rather wait and keep working on myself harder and wait for the right opportunity. It is not quantity but quality I should be remembered for.
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I know who I am and what I do.
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Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
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People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.
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You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.
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New times demand new measures and new men;The world advances, and in time outgrowsThe laws which in our father's times were best;And doubtless, after us, some purer schemeWill be shaped out by wiser men than we,Made wiser by the steady growth of truth.
