Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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Every movie, especially when you get involved... takes something out of you. You learn something, but you give something to the movie. And after the movie, if the experience has been intense and a true experience, you're a little different afterward.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.
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There's this misconception that I've been turning down roles. It's just not true. The reality is, there was nothing for me to do, nobody was calling, the phone wasn't ringing.
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I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation.
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Not at all; not at all... as is obvious now; now they admit that. He was hated by political opponents as he suppressed all opposition political forces, but he wasn't hated by the ordinary Iraqi - no, not at all.
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A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.
