John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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As a nation, Kuwait has been, arguably, free of freedom itself. Claimed in turn by Constantinople, Riyadh, and Baghdad, Kuwait has survived by playing Turks off Persians, Arabs off one another, and the English off everyone.
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For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.
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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.
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Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives.
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I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.
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I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
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I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan Times.'
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To represent a country, qualify for the World Cup, and get a team to perform at the right moment in time would be great honour for me.
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I believe that when the public lacks even the most fundamental access to what its governments and militaries are doing in their names, then they cease to be involved in the act of citizenship.
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All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.
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What was happening with me, with the album [A Period of Transition], with the people who took the pictures, the record company, everything, getting a new manager [Harvey Goldsmith]-it was all saying a period of transition to me so that was the title choice. It says what it is and obviously nobody is going to analyze that. It's exactly what it is.
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Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.
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I work out five days a week; I can't imagine not doing it.
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Who never wins can rarely lose,Who never climbs as rarely falls.
