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 you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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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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All my friends, they're all gone. I've outlived them all.
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So much of what I do... is coming up with new characters and trying to invent voices for them, and to have people fully fleshed out in my head and to know who can say what in the scene and who these characters are... I love it.
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
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Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
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To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
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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.
