Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Women drive box office.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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Instead of going to the ends of the Earth - and plumbing the depths of the oceans - to squeeze out every last drop of oil, we need, instead, to do everything we can to reduce the risks of offshore oil and gas production.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.
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My wife was pregnant, and I was doing the math, and I was realizing that I couldn't be living in a two-bedroom apartment in Hollywood for the rest of my days. I didn't want to raise my kid there.
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The two things I always have to fight for are rest and food... I'm just grateful that I have the energy by the end of the day to do a performance.
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To every bushel of the powdered cement add one bushel of sand, mix them together and pass them through a sieve, then add a sufficient quantity of water to make it (by well mixing and working) about the consistency of a soft putty. It is then fit to use but should not be kept more than six or eight hours and should be thoroughly worked just before it is used.
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I believe that Bitcoin holds value as a form of 'good money' that is superior to any previously discovered or developed form of money.
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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
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The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.
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Faith is loyalty to some inspired teacher, some spiritual hero.
