William Allen White Quotes
If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We're fringe, totally. We're fringe.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
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All I listened to until age 18 growing up was musical theater. I liked the escapism of it.
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Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
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I consider myself black.
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I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
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'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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With TV, came the icon, the inclusive image, the inclusive political posture or stance. (p. 191)
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I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.
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If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.
