Herbert Spencer Quotes
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.
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I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.
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The Mexicans are not going to build the wall... they're not going to do it.
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Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.
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I don’t feel any vulgar gratitude to you. I almost feel as if you ought to be grateful to me, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. I know you like it. For anything I can tell, I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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It's a small world when you're from South Sudan.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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Whatever it is you do, practice your art; practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you're doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where you think you want to be.
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You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
