William Cowper Quotes
Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
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So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.
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In addition to all its rich offerings to the body and its five senses, gardening engages the mind.
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I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow.
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The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.
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Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
