John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
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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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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 learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.
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Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
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I love film, but it's funny going to drama school for three years, where you spend most of your time training for theatre, then coming out and just doing films.
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If you're dealing with live nuclear material, and you do anything that disperses them, it is very hard to hide, even after a 24-day cleanup period, the fact that there was nuclear material in this facility.
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When faith is lost, when honor diesThe man is dead!
