Isaac Watts Quotes
A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Quotes to Explore
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The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high.
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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that's what's sort of exciting about it.
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It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
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If you're not angry, you're just stupid, or you don't care.
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I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.
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I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
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How could you not wanna be in 'Doctor Who' at least once in your career?
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As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different.
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The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because 'operatic' to me means a commitment and a belief to the emotion of the moment that is sincere.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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I was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the Los Angeles Superior Court and by President Obama to the district court and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In securing the state court appointment, I think it really helped that I had some trial experience.
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My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album.
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The hardest thing about being a full time chef is leaving my work behind when I go home at night. I'll toss and turn about a menu item or forget to order produce and wake up at 4 A.M. in a cold sweat over some artichokes.
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A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
