William Cowper Quotes
Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
Quotes to Explore
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
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Silence is my dignity.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.
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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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We treated all of the dead with dignity.
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I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
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In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.
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The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist--a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power.
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I would play all the parts of the song, show them the way it went together. Then I'd basically break down an arrangement - I wouldn't plan endings or beginnings - so they knew everything that was going on. I had the lyrics on a prompter so that I could remember everything I'd written, and I was able to just get into the groove and play with them. I think "Peace Trail" is one of the exceptions, where it's a later take. It just happened really quickly.
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There are questions of real power and then there are questions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authority to begin to fight the real questions of power.
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The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.
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Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
