Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.
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I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies.
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Up until the age of 30 I could eat whatever I wanted - I mean, literally, I never put on a pound; if anything, I was criticised in the media for being too skinny.
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I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
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Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.
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We've all got stories to tell that no one else knows. We've all got this truly unique experience of being. So I would say cultivate that, because then also you're cultivating something which is very natural to you.
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GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just, only so far as it exists by their consent, useful only so far as it operates to their well-being.
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Love is a really scary thing and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
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It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the issue?
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All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.
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The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.
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Children live in a way that is very generous. They learn from a young age what you value; they watch your every move. If you value writing, they will learn quickly to value it too, as something they can give to someone, or receive with pleasure from someone else.
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The truth is ever best.
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The Hawk and the Dove is a wonderful idea for a book, wonderfully carried out. Nicholas Thompson has used illuminating new material to present each of his protagonists in a convincing, respectful, but unsparing way. Even more valuable, he has used the interactions and tensions between Paul Nitze and George Kennan to bring much of American 20th century foreign policy to life, with human richness ever present but with the big issues clear in all their complexity.
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Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
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The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
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So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
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The dove is my emblem.
