Jean Ingelow Quotes
And the guelder rose In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped, Her wealth about her feet.
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When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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I want to empower and educate and inspire individuals who are giving to give in a way that is more meaningful. The more meaningful our giving is, the more giving we will do.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.
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I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.
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The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy.
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Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction.
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And the guelder rose In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped, Her wealth about her feet.
