Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.
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I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.
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I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.
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If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.
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There's only a certain amount of works you can make, so you have to make only the ones you really want to make. It's all about trying to be as productive as possible.
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I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space."
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You think it doesn't really matter if you screw up this time around because you can just sort it all out in paradise
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When we care about people, we sometimes overstep our grounds.
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I think it speaks volumes for not only our soccer program at Hilton Head High, but student athletes at Hilton Head High. That they're definitely concerned with in-the-classroom performance as well as on-the-field performance.
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Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.
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I don't like to leave anything,' the man said. 'I don't like to leave things behind.
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The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesnt. They can build up fighters or knock them down.
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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
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I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.
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How many times have you struggled with the interpretation of certain Biblical texts related to the time of Jesus' return because they did not fit with a preconceived system of eschatology? Russell's Parousia takes the Bible seriously when it tells us of the nearness of Christ's return. Those who claim to interpret the Bible literally, trip over the obvious meaning of these time texts by making Scripture mean the opposite of what it unequivocally declares. Reading Russell is a breath of fresh air in a room filled with smoke and mirror hermeneutics.
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Conservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.
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Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.
