William Cowper Quotes
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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How does one get bored of life?
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I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
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In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.
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I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.
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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
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My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.
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I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions.
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You are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.'
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
