William Cowper Quotes
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
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Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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From middle school to the first year of high school, I went to a school in Miami that seemed like a private country club. The whole cheerleader, football player, clique-y thing there was terrifying. Those people were so scary. They're the scariest kinds of people because they are idolized by their peers.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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I love a good party.
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What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.
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I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean.
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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
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There are aspects of small town life that I really like - the routine nature of it, the idea of people knowing you and your likes and dislikes.
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Folly ends where genuine hope begins.
