L.A. Meyer Quotes
And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?" "The Foresail?" "Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..." ..."The Next Sail, Sir?" "Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Had I to do it again, I would have been a math major, probably a double major, and did take a lot of math classes, but I would have taken a lot more.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I'm the type of artist who touches people, that's the type of artist that I am.
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A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came,A Wisdom, without Face, or Name,A Peace, as Hemispheres at HomeAnd so the Night became.
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A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation.
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If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.
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And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?" "The Foresail?" "Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..." ..."The Next Sail, Sir?" "Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler.
