Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.
Quotes to Explore
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!
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I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.
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So many people grew up in the church, and you can have an awesome upbringing, but I made a personal conviction; I made a personal decision when I was very young. I enjoy going to church without my parents. On Sunday mornings, I want to go. Bible studies on Wednesdays... I have a relationship - not just through my parents.
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If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
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Snap your fingers and somebody runs / You don't care how they feel just as long as they come / Got your head in the stars now you've come this far / Just who do you think you are?
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The conviction that freedom is a universal desire is not the property of any political camp. ... Yet those who hold it remain a precious few, outnumbered many times over by the skeptics who don't.
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If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
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Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.
