Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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If you want to learn the true nature of a child you have to watch how she plays. If you want to learn the true nature of an adult you have to watch how she does her job.
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I learned to glitter the pumpkins for Halloween not because I went into it thinking, 'I'm going to glitter some pumpkins!' No. I bought all of these big, cold, slimy, disgusting pumpkins and tried to carve them, and it was gross, so I had to find something else to do with them. Glitter was life-changing.
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She'd hidden from the truth of how bad it was because it had seemed so much more painful to deal with the truth.
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We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from my dad.
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Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
