Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A dull axe never loves grindstones, but a keen workman does; and he puts his tool on them in order that it may be sharp. And men do not like grinding; but they are dull for the purposes which God designs to work out with them, and therefore He is grinding them.
Quotes to Explore
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I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.
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Im not revolted by Washington.
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I am just beginning to be more comfortable with my identity.
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I'm surprised that people think they're important. To me they're not.
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Loved people are loving people.
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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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We are always remaking history. Our memory is always an interpretive reconstruction of the past, so is perspective.
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Perfection is a disease of a nation.
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We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.
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The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!
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Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.
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How'd we come up with the robe? Was some guy just like, 'Hey, I've got an idea! Why don't we make a coat out of a towel? You can have a little belt that goes around. You could dunk the belt in the toilet! Have a toilet belt.'
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.
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I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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... true civil disobedience ... compels the state to resort to power.
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Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.
