John Masefield Quotes

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

John Masefield

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• Sea
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• Lonely

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• I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

  

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• It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

  

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• Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.

  

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• Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.

  

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• The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.

  

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• I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

  

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• Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.

  

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• 'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.

  

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  • Time
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• Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.

  

  Pamela Nicholson
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• Have a little faith. Don't give up.

  

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• I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

  

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• I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.

  

  Daniel Ek
  • Up
  • Music
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• The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.

  

  Karl Radek
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• It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
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• I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

  

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• I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

  

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• Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

  

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• I think you are going through so many 'firsts' as a teenager, and it's a charged time because of that. You don't have much autonomy in life. Everything is just kind of crazy, and there are so many huge decisions to be made, like where are you going to college or who you date. These things can really affect your whole life.

  

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• I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.

  

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• Pollution from human activities is changing the Earth's climate. We see the damage that a disrupted climate can do: on our coasts, our farms, forests, mountains, and cities. Those impacts will grow more severe unless we start reducing global warming pollution now.

  

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  • Earth
  • Start
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• Now after arrest, within three months, the consular services will have to be made available.

  

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• I have a stack of those plastic card hotel room keys that I picked up on this latest book tour. It's about a yard tall. Ah yes, a stack of lonely nights.

  

  Billy Collins
  • Up
  • Book
  • Lonely

• I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

  

  John Masefield
  • Star
  • Sea
  • Sky