George Horace Lorimer Quotes
When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
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I wouldn't mind doing a film revolving around horses, but I wouldn't dilute my equity just sitting on one.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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It's true. In America, you can reinvent yourself at any turn. And, you know, if things aren't going well for you in life, everyone says, change, become someone different.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.
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... There's a joy, To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'ring plaudit to the silent soul.
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Everywhere I am folded, there I am a lie.
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Both of my grandfathers fought in the Second World War, and my great-grandfather died at the Somme in the First World War. I never truly believed that the War just finished and everyone was happy-clappy, brought out the bunting, and felt everything was okay again. That's definitely not my impression of the fall-out of war.
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If you're not out testing what's complementary to your brand, you're not making the most of your income potential.
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The third day comes a frost, a killing frost.
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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.
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I'm not bowled over by how different all the world's religions are - I'm bowled over by how similar they are.
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When a fellow's got what he set out for in this world, he should go off into the woods for a few weeks now and then to make sure that he's still a man, and not a plug-hat and a frock-coat and a wad of bills.
