John Robert Seeley Quotes
It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object. That is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future,John Robert Seeley
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
Aaron Lazar -
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
Imran Khan -
I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
Frances Bay -
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
Mahershala Ali -
Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
Nancy Roman
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
Nancy Pelosi -
My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
Walter Dean Myers -
I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.
Sam Yagan -
I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
Tamora Pierce -
It takes one person to give you a big chance.
Patricia Velasquez
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
Eddie Murphy -
I've been training quite hard.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
Laura San Giacomo -
The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
Ralph Steadman -
Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
Kate Smith -
We will discover through our own experience that this precious mind of love is the real wish-granting jewel, because it fulfills the pure wishes of both ourself and all living beings.
Kelsang Gyatso
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Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in its nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth....
Robert Frost -
It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
Philip James Bailey -
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker
Aaron Allston -
Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.
Nancy Kress -
It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object. That is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future,
John Robert Seeley