William Cowper Quotes
The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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I've long thought that for my last meal on earth I will be perfectly happy with a granary loaf toastie with melted crunchy peanut butter and banana.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time.
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I'm going to be shaking my booty when I'm 55.
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I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time.
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High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
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Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.
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I know a lot of the intense moments in 'Titanic' were made that much easier and were pushed to even further limits because of that relationship.
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Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
