Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

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• The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.

  

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• For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

  

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• I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

  

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• I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.

  

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• India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.

  

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• Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.

  

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• Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.

  

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• Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

  

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• The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.

  

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• Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

  

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• It's always fun when people ask you for advice.

  

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• When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.

  

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• In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

  

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• I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.

  

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• We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

  

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• Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.

  

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• The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.

  

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• They have begun to realize that when you focus only on the U.S. it gives the impression that the U.S. doesn't care about Iraqis. In these kinds of political battles you need to count your allies, not just yourself.

  

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• History is preoccupied with fundamental processes of change. If you are allergic to these processes, you abandon history and take cover in the social sciences. Today anthropology, sociology, etc, flourish. History is sick. But then our society too is sick.

  

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• If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.

  

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• It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Worst
  • Prosperity
  • Effect