Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
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My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
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I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
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Acting is very immediate.
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We have talked a lot about leadership. We name our captains late. They are just feeling their role and Marc stepped up big time. He leads by example and is a big motivator. How he plays is how we go.
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Time travel is one of Assad's major achievements, the problem is he only perfected it one way: backward.
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Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we. . . . All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." "I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory."
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
