William Blake Quotes
The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid, of Plato & Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the Sublime of the Bible.
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Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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The difficulty for the Government is there's this ideological straitjacket of the market will provide, let the market rip and everything will work out... It's back to trickle-down economics, which, it's plain to see, have not delivered.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
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I'm an 'in the shower' or 'in the booth' kind of singer. I can sing, but I need either nobody to be able to hear me, or for me to be able to redo it.
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Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.
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Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.
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I started out as a singer and a musician, and I was taught that your job is just to get out of the way of Brahms or Arthur Miller or Shakespeare and convey the brilliance that they created.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I've done with Almodovar.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity.
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The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid, of Plato & Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the Sublime of the Bible.
