Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
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When I was filming 'Ouija,' there were some elements in that that really creeped me out.
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I hardly ever go to the movies.
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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
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You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.
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I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.
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Life would split apart without letters.
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As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it. You know, it's me who's doing it.
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I just think that the Europeans are depriving themselves of a high-employment economy, and they are depriving themselves of intellectual stimulation in the workplace - and personal growth - by sticking to the stultifying, rigid system that I call corporatism.
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I feel like, sometimes, plus-size women get scared to show skin... but summer is the time that we can enjoy doing that.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
