William Cowper Quotes
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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You can stroke people with words.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity.
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She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
