James Russell Lowell Quotes
Their problem was how to adapt English principles and precedents to the new conditions of American life, and they solved it with singular discretion. They put as many obstacles as they could contrive, not in the way of the people's will, but of their whim.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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Where 'Dragon Quest Monsters' originated from was 'Dragon Quest V,' where you had a monster befriending system as a main part: you could actually befriend monsters and have them fight on behalf of your party, as part of your party.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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Every morning, I can lose myself just by looking at my son.
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The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.
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We need more fruitcakes in this world and less bakers! We need people that care! I'm mad as hell! And I don't want to take it anymore!
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It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing.
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Their problem was how to adapt English principles and precedents to the new conditions of American life, and they solved it with singular discretion. They put as many obstacles as they could contrive, not in the way of the people's will, but of their whim.
