Matthew Henson Quotes
From the time we knew we were at the Pole, Commander Peary scarcely spoke to me... It nearly broke my heart... that he would rise in the morning and slip away on the homeward trail without rapping on the ice for me, as was the established custom.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Everything and anything is valuable.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.
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I like new challenges and new experiences.
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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Think with your whole body.
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Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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From the time we knew we were at the Pole, Commander Peary scarcely spoke to me... It nearly broke my heart... that he would rise in the morning and slip away on the homeward trail without rapping on the ice for me, as was the established custom.
