John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
I know not where His islands liftTheir fronded palms in air;I only know I cannot driftBeyond His love and care.
Quotes to Explore
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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Creativity is a mansion. If you're empty in one room, all you have to do is go out into the hallway and enter another room that's full.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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If something's not right, I don't believe in maintaining something for the sake of what's considered a traditional family, because I believe that there are different ways to raise children. It's far more effective to raise children in happy homes.
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Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.
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There was no air; only the dead, still night fired by the dog days of August. Not a breath. I had to suck in the same air I exhaled, cupping it in my hands before it escaped. I felt it, in and out, less each time…until it was so thin it slipped through my fingers forever. I mean, forever.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
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I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.
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Drama's unhappy, and playing someone unhappy would make me unhappy.
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I know not where His islands liftTheir fronded palms in air;I only know I cannot driftBeyond His love and care.
