John Woolman Quotes
When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.
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I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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I'm a rock singer, but I love soul, I love blues, and I love theatrical stuff, too, like theatrical rock like Queen and Meat Loaf.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
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There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
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If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
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Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
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Histories of ages past Unenlightened shadows cast. Down through all eternity The crying of humanity. 'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Comes singing songs of love...
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When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.
