H. Rider Haggard Quotes
Laughter and bitterness are often the veils with which a sore heart wraps its weakness from the world.
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I'm evangelical.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I've done more than 70 auditions in about four years. Early on, it was hard for me because I'd become so attached to these characters, and then you'd be told, 'No.' I'd get very upset when I was younger. But now it comes with the territory.
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Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
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In a certain state it is indecent to live longer.
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I grew up in Alsace - in Strasbourg, by the canal; the family business was coal handling. It was still in the days when three generations would live under the same roof. There were 15 people for lunch, 20 for dinner.
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I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.
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Laughter and bitterness are often the veils with which a sore heart wraps its weakness from the world.
