Thomas Carlyle Quotes
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.
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I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
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Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.
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It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was.
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I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.
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I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me.
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The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of god-like power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!
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You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my life crafting a joy.
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There was a sentence in your letter that struck me, “I wish I were far away from everything, I am the cause of all, and bring only sorrow to everybody, I alone have brought all this misery on myself and others.” These words struck me because that same feeling, just the same, not more nor less, is also on my conscience.
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The nearest friends can go With anyone to death, comes so far short They might as well not try to go at all.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.
