Simon Armitage Quotes
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I am an ordinary person.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people.
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Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.
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The U.S., out of all places, is just absolutely incredible.
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If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God.
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It ought to be recognized for what it is: an absolutely historic investment by the County of Los Angeles.
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Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.
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But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig." "Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.
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It is our own thoughts that hold the key to miraculous transformation.
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Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.
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...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.
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When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.
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She's just funny about accolades, ... She would say, 'I haven't done anything out of the ordinary.'
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Investors should absolutely look at short interest because short sellers do better homework than buyers of stock. That's for sure.
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For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And we're trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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Did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without bleeding?
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The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous.
