Isaac Watts Quotes

Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.

Isaac Watts

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• One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.

  

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• I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play.

  

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• Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me.

  

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• Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.

  

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• I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.

  

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• I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.

  

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• On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

  

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• What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

  

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• The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

  

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• I've got lots and lots planned out, and other ideas knocking around in my head, too. I'm kind of an obsessive pre-planner, so I have a lot of material.

  

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• Since this art surpasses all human subtelty and the perspecuity of mortal talent and is truly a celestial gift and a very clear test of the capacity of man's minds, whoever applies himself to it will believe that there is nothing that he cannot understand.

  

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• In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

  

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• Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.

  

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• There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through

  

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• Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.

  

  Isaac Watts
  • Voice
  • Heard
  • Complaining