Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.
Quotes to Explore
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I wish I wasn't so in love, wasn't so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that - its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
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I was very innocent and shielded as a child, so I didn't know a lot about music or dancing. When I was in Primary Six, no one would participate in a talent show, so I decided to go on. When the audience applauded me, I felt euphoric, and I started dancing right after that!
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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I have got everything which a politician needs.
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In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.
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Always be open to new beginnings. To the universe, every moment is the start of the next big thing in your life.
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I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession.
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Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with.
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Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.
