Thomas Carlyle Quotes
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I try not to eat anything which is too fat, and I can't eat anything which is too sweet.
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In as much as any invisible, unbelievable, unknowable fictional character is, yes.
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One man's piss-soaked sadomasochistic orgy is another man's poetic ecstasy.
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To my deprivation, to my sorrow, sinew was brave. The world would not be if not for my offspring. I am a bard to be praised. The unskilful May he be possessed by the ravens and eagle and bird of wrath.
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The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.
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Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry.
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Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.
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Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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And if there is one thing that he and this year’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson I hope that Malia and Sasha and young people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it.
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I was always doodling house sketches.
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If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
