William Cowper Quotes
The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms of a sequester'd spot, Or recollected only to gild o'er And add a smile to what was sweet before, He may possess the joys he thinks he sees, Lay his old age upon the lap of ease, Improve the remnant of his wasted span. And having lived a trifler, die a man.
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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I know people who prepare their roles in such a way that they technically look ahead and memorize their gestures, and then they stick to it. Those that are technically proficient enough can make it seem natural, but they do that and don't really take in what other people are doing.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
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One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.
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I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.
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I hold that women, as well as men, have the right to vote, and my heart and my voice go with the movement to extend suffrage to woman.
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Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.
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The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms of a sequester'd spot, Or recollected only to gild o'er And add a smile to what was sweet before, He may possess the joys he thinks he sees, Lay his old age upon the lap of ease, Improve the remnant of his wasted span. And having lived a trifler, die a man.
