George Herbert Quotes
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
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I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I am a very selfish person.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.
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I just like putting outfits together without much thought and seeing what the outcome is.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.
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How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
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I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.
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Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?
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I will confess to you that never for one moment have I had any doubt that I had to do what I did, and when I look back I don't see what more I could have done, having regard to the state of public opinion and the sharpness of party feeling. That is a tremendous solace to me. Few men can have known such a reversal of fortune in so short a time.
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Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
