William Cowper Quotes
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I can't change my bra size. They're natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.
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Magic is the total delight (appreciation) of chance.
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I don't write with a scheme or a plan. I write word to word, so whatever that first sentence is, having said that, one more or less had to say what comes next and next and next. Guilty of no cogitation or forethought.
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We're just a bubble in a boiling pot.
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I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.
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You wouldn't replace your carpet at home if you still had a hole in the roof...We're talking about any time you start waving a carrot such as American citizenship without securing the borders, that number [of undocumented immigrants] that we have today I believe will double or triple.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
