Thomas à Kempis Quotes
At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.
Quotes to Explore
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.
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It's really easy to end up on the 'Daily Mail' if you put yourself in situations where you'll end up on the 'Daily Mail,' and it's really easy to not if you don't do that.
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From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away.
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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.
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None whatsoever.
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Unless we are free from fear we will not be able to give our children the kind of future that we would like them to have.
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Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.
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Eviction comes with a record. Just like a criminal record can hurt you in the jobs market, eviction can hurt you in the housing market. A lot of landlords turn folks away who have an eviction, and a lot of public housing authorities do the same.
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What we hoped was that we could stop the coming end of the world.
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God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.
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I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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I still find new things every night, which is the beauty and fun of live theater. It's a living, breathing art form.
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At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.
