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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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
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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I wasn't, like, this top model; I was quietly doing my work, and when I became an actress, people started doing research, and everybody found out. People dug out photos, and suddenly people became interested - but no one was interested in my photos when I was a model.
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Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer.
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It's a beautiful thing to have time in the world, as a singer and as a musician, to make friends with people of the musical caliber of a Tommy Smith, an Arturo Sandoval, a Richard Galliano, a Till Broenner.
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I don't want to be an object of consumption. I like to get out there and participate because I care about it. It's not because I've gotten filthy rich off the hides of young skaters that I feel some sickening obligation to act on, and make myself look like I'm not that bad of a guy. It's because I actually care.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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You must give your own story to the world.
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Laughter and bitterness are often the veils with which a sore heart wraps its weakness from the world.