Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps.
Quotes to Explore
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There's nothing simple when you're in this 'Good Place.'
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
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Honestly, what planet do these people live on? And why isn't it farther away?
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Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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Let’s start with the most prominent ecological crisis of our time: global warming. When you look seriously at the numbers, you find that switching from a meat-based to a plant-based diet would do more to curb and reverse global warming than any other initiative.
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Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps.
