Isaac Watts Quotes
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.
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I don't believe in the no-carb diet... I have a theory. I think if you give up carbs, you get cranky. You must include them in your daily diet.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.
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For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'
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A great artist is a great man in a great child.
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Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.
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I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.
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If you can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say why, then whom can you trust?
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Beulah, Peel me a grape.
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'…as the cinema shows us, they are much more accessible and, for that matter, much more wanton than our own women'
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The idea that some day another wife would be added to our household was ever present in my mind, but, somehow, when the fact was placed before me in so many unmistakable words, my heart sank within me, and I shrank from the realization that our home was at last to be desecrated by the foul presence of Polygamy.
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What do I myself think of this particular book? I feel lousy about it, but I always feel lousy about my books.
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I hate digital calendars, so I use pen and paper or the palm of my hand for my daily schedule. I get much more satisfaction out of physically crossing things out than deleting.
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Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
