William Bartram Quotes
The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.
Quotes to Explore
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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You need to let your hair produce its own oils and be healthy.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I invested all my money in debt.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
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Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
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The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which was someone who just used to sit quietly at a piano and sing and play. It became very important to me not to lose sight of that.
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There's an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever. The truth is action is not any different than any other part of a story.
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I had to steal to survive.
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I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
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I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.
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To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
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The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.
