William Cowper Quotes
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
William Cowper
Quotes to Explore
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The key thing about force protection is... if you focus too much on force protection, and you disengage yourself from the community, you're putting yourself at greater risk because you need to interact with the community in a positive way to gain the intelligence you need.
H. R. McMaster
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There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.
Otis Blackwell
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I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'
Park Shin-hye
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I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
Andrea Bocelli
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Many anthropologists work with a concept called embodied knowledge - tacit, nonscientific knowledge - and look for ways to incorporate such information into product design.
Katie Hafner
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History and socio-economic inequality and all those things had, like, borne down upon my family and my community and really sort of narrowed our choices.
Jesmyn Ward
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'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'
Joanne Rowling
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He who trades pacing for gimmicky open-world freedom deserves neither.
Yahtzee Croshaw
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I'm a humble student of acting myself and part of that studentship is teaching.
Jeff Goldblum
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Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts, and pray long prayers?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books?
Catherynne M. Valente
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He couldn't eat at a restaurant without people recognizing him. He was just a great guy, an enjoyable, pleasant man who donated himself to causes in any way he could. He has endeared himself to a whole generation of Baby Boomers. He was a dear friend of mine, a very convivial man, interested in everybody.
Michael Rose
Black Uhuru
