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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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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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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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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Everybody puts their best foot forward usually. Plus, everyone has their set of negative qualities. It’s best to focus on the positives. It’s not like I have to marry the person. I have many negative qualities too. So if you like a few good qualities about someone, stick to those. Let the negatives be.
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I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.
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A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart
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I think 'method acting' is a widely abused term.
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'If you are with God in truth and faith, whatever comes as a blessing or trial will be what God allows. If you are called by God, from beginning to the end, your journey has been documented. Nothing outside your documentary will happen without God’s knowledge.'
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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.
