Robert W. Service Quotes
Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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I love hats; I love putting hats on. They are artwork. You can always go out and find a dress to wear for some occasion, but there are not that many occasions you can wear a hat.
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Just as it got easier to use email, it will be easier to use Bitcoin as people invest in it and become more familiar with it.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education.
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I like being involved in interesting and creative things. I'd just rather be involved in creating it, rather than being in it.
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I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.
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I like the hot dogs at Dodger Stadium.
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For me, when you are talking about perfect songs, you're talking about Gershwin, 'Someone To Watch Over Me.' Or Larry Hart and Richard Rodgers. Or some of the great Cole Porter songs, whether it's 'Night and Day' or some of the comedy songs. Or Irving Berlin, of course.
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choosing his scenes by: ..night vigils at the back window.
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As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
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While I have supported marriage equality since my days as a state senator over a decade ago, I have since conducted an extensive legal analysis that has only emboldened my support as attorney general.
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Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
