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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• Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

  

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  • Best
  • Unexpected

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

  

  Carl Lewis
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  • Politician
  • Become

• 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.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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• Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.

  

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

  

  Caleb Cushing
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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!

  

  Kabir Bedi
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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.

  

  Harry Browne
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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.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

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

  

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

  

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

  

  Tamora Pierce
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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
  • Growing

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

  

  Karl Radek
  • Development
  • Socialism

• 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
  • Want
  • Fear
  • See

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

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Time
  • Love
  • Character

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

  

  Karolyn Grimes
  • Mom
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• Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.

  

  Saint Patrick
  • Me
  • Christ
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• Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Always
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  • Possible

• Becoming awarrior and facing yourself is a question of honesty rather than condemning yourself. By looking at yourself, you may find that you've been a bad boy or girl, and you may feel terrible about yourself. Your existence may feel wretched, completely pitch-black, like the black hole of Calcutta. Or you may see something good about yourself. The idea is simply to face the facts. Honesty plays a very important part. Just see the simple, straightforward truth about yourself.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
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• The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior.

  

  Bill O'Reilly
  • Hate

• When the narrator says, 'This is a story without surprises,' most of the time, this is not what happens.

  

  Ethan Canin
  • Happens
  • Surprises
  • Narrator

• It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ' I am lonely.' I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.

  

  Stephen Stills Buffalo Springfield
  • Fun
  • Sorry
  • 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