James Stephens Quotes
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
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Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.
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It's my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scrambled a little bit on the way. You get a bad teacher, it messes you up for the rest of the journey.
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I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.
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Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.
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The younger generation has embraced Twitter and Facebook massively, and they spend most of their time on there. So if I want to reach new fans or keep in touch with my current, I try to use Twitter and Facebook as much as possible.
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Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end. But two together may perhaps find wisdom.
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Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.
