Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in man! Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present; and you should reach up into the other life.Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes to Explore
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
Karen Joy Fowler -
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. King -
It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
Ed Stoppard -
A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
Nancy Roman -
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
Aby Rosen -
Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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Let us have peace.
Ulysses S. Grant -
The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
Rachelle Lefevre -
Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
Aaron D. O'Connell -
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
Jack Kemp -
You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
Ram Kapoor -
There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
Babyface
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
Nat King Cole -
'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
Salli Richardson -
I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
Tamra Davis -
If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
Barry Ritholtz -
I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
Octavia Spencer -
I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
Ikue Mori
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United States: .... A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.
John Ralston Saul -
Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
Paris Hilton -
Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
Foxy Brown -
My career choices aren't based on the popularity of my character; I have never intended to capitalise on my fan base.
Barun Sobti -
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in man! Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present; and you should reach up into the other life.
Henry Ward Beecher