Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Yet what each one does is by no means of little moment. The grass has to put forth all its energy to draw sustenance from the uttermost tips of its rootlets simply to grow where it is as grass; it does not vainly strive to become a banyan tree; and so the earth gains a lovely carpet of green.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.
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In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.
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Initially I thought: 'I would never get cast opposite Will Smith! No one would ever buy it with the age difference, our personalities.' I can't think of a couple that makes less sense in every way, shape and form.
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Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.
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I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we don't have to look any certain way.
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Yet what each one does is by no means of little moment. The grass has to put forth all its energy to draw sustenance from the uttermost tips of its rootlets simply to grow where it is as grass; it does not vainly strive to become a banyan tree; and so the earth gains a lovely carpet of green.
