Alfred Edward Newton Quotes
Who was it who said, 'I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.'? Whoever it was, I agree with him.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.
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I like the idea of having a superordinary life.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.
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When a man is right with God, God will freely use him.
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Naturally, our own irrational demands strike us as having the force of needs, while other people's needs strike us as capricious indulgences.
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Bill and his brother-in-law had shot a deer and drove it in to get processed. At a rest stop, a woman stops at the truck
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The soul which stops at creatures delays the course of the voyage by which it moves toward God; and by desiring to enjoy them, it proportionately deprives itself of the enjoyment of God.
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Who was it who said, 'I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.'? Whoever it was, I agree with him.
