Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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We Greeks are the blacks of Europe.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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You've got to be realistic.
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He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when!'
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Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
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The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?
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Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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God gives us the ability, but rock 'n' roll was created by men.
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Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.
