Francis Parkman Quotes
We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
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Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
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When I am with my family, then I can just sort of switch off. It's kind of weird, because I go back and I go into this bedroom that I have had since I was a teenager. It is like this parallel universe, because one minute I am on the red carpet and then the next I am hiding out in this room I have had since I was 15.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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A mystery is a problem that encroaches upon itself because the questioner becomes the object of the question. Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling in love is a mystery.
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He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving than we do to ask Him. As much as we want God to explain himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us.
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The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her.
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There seems to be a real taste for the fantastical these days. People like to get back into their imaginations. Maybe there's something a little nostalgic about 'Grimm' and the fairy tales that they grew up with. And it's a very unique approach to the procedural side of things.
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If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer
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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.
