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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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 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 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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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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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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Over at our place, we're sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new picture, we don't think of grown-ups, and we don't think of children, but just of that fine, clean, unspoiled spot down deep in every one of us that maybe the world has made us forget and that maybe our pictures can help recall.
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Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.
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Choose again.
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The Law of Concentration states that whatever you dwell upon, grows. The more you think about something, the more it becomes part of your reality.
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If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
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A saved soul has many sorrows. They have their share of bereavements, deaths, disappointments , crosses. What shall enable a believer to bear all this? Nothing but the consolation there is in Christ.
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
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Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
