William Cowper Quotes
Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.
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There are networks of groupies - and nowadays it's instant because of the internet. Before, it took days to tell your penpal 'I just had Jimi Hendrix'. Nowadays, 20 minutes after you've zipped your trousers up, it's in New Zealand! Somebody e-mailed me a groupie website that I was on, and there was somebody describing my tackle. It was flattering but completely fucking wrong - I'd be the first to say that I don't have a ten-and-a-half-inch dick!
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We need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.
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The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.
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There was no substitute for reality; one should be aware of imitations.
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Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
