William Cowper Quotes
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William Cowper
Quotes to Explore
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
Kate Christensen
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
Barbara Mandrell
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
Lafcadio Hearn
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
Zoe Kravitz
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
Ingrid Betancourt
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
Ted Sarandos
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
Campbell Scott
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
Natalie Gulbis
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Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
Ignatius of Antioch
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
Edgardo Osorio
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He tried again, but their sullen, rural obstinacy was impervious to logic.
David Brin
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I find significance in all kinds of small details when I run; I'm hyper aware of my surroundings, the sensations in my body, and the thoughts running through my mind. Everything is clearer, heightened.
Kristin Armstrong
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Geographically, Afghanistan is a good place for the terrorists, because it's surrounded by mountains, and there are lots of villages inside mountains, so it's easy for them to hide themselves, or to recruit the people. Whatever they want to do they will do.
Najibullah Quraishi
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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
Langston Hughes
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
Kapil Dev
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The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William Cowper
