Homer Quotes
You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!
Quotes to Explore
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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.
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I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
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I like 'My So-Called Life' and the 'Riot Grrl Movement' and 'Freaks and Geeks.'
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How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving.
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I tend to turn down roles that are too much like me, what I think is most like me anyhow, because I'm me all the time and I'm sick of it.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.
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I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.
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Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.
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To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.
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Now, not every blog post or 'Top 10 Ways to Make Money on the Internet' piece deserves to live forever. But there's gold among the dross, and there are web publications that we would do well to preserve for historical purposes.
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Increase in prayer, increase in prayer, increase in prayer until Jesus comes.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to be muscular, challenging, get audiences on side. It's extraordinary how Globe audiences join in - it's like competing at an event - I love it.
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I think that's one of the greatest gifts that I have: that I can get someone to open up, and all you have to do is ask a question and not feel like you need a response.
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You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!
