R. S. Thomas Quotes
The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
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In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
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I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild.
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Men tend to be selfish.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.
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I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
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It's just learning the game more. Just trying to approach it in a John Stockton-type of way, to where you don't play so much with your physical ability all the time. You have to think the game out a lot more. That's where I'm a lot better. I know the game a lot more. I see things before they happen a lot.
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I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up - she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable.
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If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
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At first thought , we might say, 'our job is to win a war'...but I am sure it would be closer to the hearts of all of us to say, 'We are fighting a war to assure a peace...our kind of peace.'
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In California, they're not making any more land. And with the high cost of land, from a business standpoint, being able to move your goods quickly and cheaply makes Compton an attractive place to be.
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The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there.
