Thomas Carlyle Quotes
If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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A well begun is half ended.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I am a journalist.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. 'Lizzie McGuire' was my all-time favorite. I'm pretty sure I had every piece of merchandise that involved Lizzie. And I loved 'That's So Raven.'
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My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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I have a couple of dozen books on my reader: ideal for a long trip or an afternoon waiting at the medical clinic. It's flexible.
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The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
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School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of thing.
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We're going to see how he does here in the next couple of days and how it reacts to treatment. It's that same type of pain that he's had. It's going to flare up. It's done that throughout his career and it's going to continue to do that. We just have to monitor it and see how he does.
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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.
