Isaac Watts Quotes
Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
Quotes to Explore
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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'Trolls' was a blank slate - there was no world, no mythology. We talked a lot about the Grinch and we liked how they showed his heart growing, but how do you show a photographable device like that for the Bergens? We ended up using color for a lot of that: desaturating and then pulling the saturation up.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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I was a kid living in New Jersey, who – I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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Thirteen years I took on this last book.
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You're only as good as your last haircut.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.
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If your ambition comes at the price of an unbalanced life, that there's nothing else that gives you comfort but success, it's not worth it.
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Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.
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Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.
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By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's important to read because you have to fill your head with words.
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Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
