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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As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different.
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America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and lower college debt.
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Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.
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I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both.
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Here's Your Sign Reloaded (2003)
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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.
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I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
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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.
