John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
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I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
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If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft - he must first have been given some hope.
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I have hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina, every day, buying my music and telling me about it online.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.
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I'm not that fashion-conscious. A lot of times, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it's because they're a mess underneath.
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I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.
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There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
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A studious person may neglect his business for the sake of books; but if he does this, it is not his books that are to blame, but his want of principle of of firmness.
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When faith is lost, when honor diesThe man is dead!
