Oliver Cromwell Quotes
Some people have food, but no appetite; others have an appetite, but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised.
Quotes to Explore
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Even fictional characters sometimes receive unwarranted medical opinions. Doctors have diagnosed Ebenezer Scrooge with OCD, Sherlock Holmes with autism, and Darth Vader with borderline personality disorder.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
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All our wives are experimental psychologists.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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Antiques exist as evidence of the cultural tracks we made in the past.
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No matter how much we tweet, blog and post, nothing in business is as powerful as actual face time with prospective business partners and customers.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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Credit expansion and money printing hasn't filtered much to ordinary people. It's boosted asset markets, real estate and stocks. So well-to-do-people have done very well.
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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
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Some people have food, but no appetite; others have an appetite, but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised.
