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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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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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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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of the intricacies of classical music. I could write a fugue, or perhaps learn to play the cello.
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Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
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I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.
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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II.
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History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.
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In 'Futurama,' the skin color is no longer yellow. They have actually evolved to cartoon skin tone. But they still have four fingers.
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Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
