William Cowper Quotes
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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Anti-Semitism has not disappeared, and European Jews have too often come under attack.
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I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.
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There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.
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I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.
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I feel like with anything you choose to do in this world, there are always gonna be people who disagree. But I've had a lot more supporters than critics.
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Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
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So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure and certain path to peace. We must uphold and proclaim this conviction without cease, whatever coldly knowing smiles or cynical critiques may greet us.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?
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Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.