Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
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No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.
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We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.
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Technology itself is neither good nor bad. People are good or bad.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
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Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules.
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My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.
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Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
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Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a resource for tax dollars.
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It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every day. I'd never been able to do it exclusively like that. It was always sort of like my secret thing that I did privately.
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I think the fact they were scheduling without knowing if Brett Favre is going to be back, and they still gave us three national games, shows you the Green Bay Packers are still an appealing draw. The ratings were good last year even when we weren't playing well. I think it speaks well for us (considering) where we are. I think it's still a popular franchise and we still get ratings.
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You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.
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Sparks fly, it's like electricity.
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
