H. H. Asquith Quotes
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
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I don't really have an aversion to watching myself. I think I've been doing it for long enough that I have a system of separating it in my brain from my egotistical neuroses for the most part.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
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In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases they're not.
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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
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Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.
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Mimicking the intricacies of the human brain, a neuro-inspired computer would work in a fashion similar to the way neurons and synapses communicate. It could potentially learn or develop memory.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.
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I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
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I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.
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I think I've been skeptical of violent passion for a long time. I think 'Pinkerton' is about that a lot - seeing how, every time I've felt really passionate for someone, as soon as I 'acquire' them or feel like I've acquired them, the passion goes away.
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When the Artist rises high enough to achieve the Beautiful, the symbol by which he makes it perceptible to mortal senses becomes of little value in his eyes, while his spirit possesses itself in the enjoyment of the reality.
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If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
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What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.
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Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.
