Ernest Thompson Seton Quotes
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I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weakness.
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Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.
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I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and...and sir, you're doing a great job, but you're so quick with that stick, so why don't you sit. 'Cause I may never be here again.'
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No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.
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There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.
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Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool.
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As Governor of my country, I have been an enemy to its enemies; I have slain the English; I have mortally opposed the English King; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own.
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There is no inherent mechanism in our present system which can with certainty prevent competitive sectional bargaining for wages from setting up a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment.
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I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.
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I think change is always scary but also always good.
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It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live.
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Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.
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There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
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What's my favourite book? It changes all the time.
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I have seen this demo of six songs that began floating around in 1996 claiming that Commit Suicide had written those songs. I did have a synth band called Commit Suicide between 1984-1986 with two gentlemen called Jens Andersson and Jens Svensson, and two of the songs on this demo where written and performed by us. The problem is that the other four songs (are) skinhead music with very racist lyrics. These songs have absolutely nothing to do with Commit Suicide. We did not write or perform those songs that were attributed to us.
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In Islam, Jesus is a prophet, and if you look at Mohammed and Jesus and Moses, it's not like Moses is better than Jesus and Jesus is better than Mohammed. They're all so highly respected and honored and followed, and they're all there for a reason.
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One of the things that personally kept me in music was that it has always been my passion,my vision and change. No matter how far I may think I can go without it, it always tend to slap me right back in the face! So why not do what naturally fills your soul. Music completes me.
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If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named after gods-Loki and Athena, who are, respectively, absolutely straightforward and affectionate, and dumber than dirt. I learned my lesson. I will name my next cat 'Satan' or 'Marduk' or something, thereby ensuring a kind, gentle beast who treats my upholstery like a shrine.
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Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness.
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We and the beasts are kin.
