William Blake Quotes
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
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When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
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I'm proud to partner with organizations that place an emphasis on and share my interest in giving back to the community. RBC has a rich history of doing this through their sponsorship of golf and the extensive ambassadorial program they have in place.
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I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making records and doing interviews and photo shoots and that, that are kind of a necessary evil of getting my music to people's ears to hear. Over the years, I've just become more tolerant of that.
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No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself.
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Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.
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I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.
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Let the designer lean upon the staff of the line - line determinative, line emphatic, line delicate, line expressive, line controlling and uniting.
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Calling this production 'postponed' does not disguise the fact that it has been cancelled.
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Movies in general are more generic. If something sells just make more. That's Hollywood.
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I think moral outrage is born not of anger but of love. It comes from the highest in us, not from a low-level sense of anger or cynicism.
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Audition is the worst thing. It's like cleaning furniture in a department store.
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
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We were well aware that the end of the fighting would not automatically settle the problems arising out of the war. The establishment of peace after the fighting is over has always been a difficult task.
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I do not know myself how I paint it. I sit down with a white board before the spot that strikes me. I look at what is before my eyes, and say to myself, that white board must become something.
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Broke people talk about people and problems. Rich people talk about ideas and goals. Your conversation chooses your destiny.
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The Lamb is, indeed, the emblem of love; but what so terrible as the wrath of the Lamb? The depth of the mercy despised is the measure of the punishment of him that despiseth. No more fearful words than those of the Saviour. The threat- enings of the law were temporal, those of the gospel are eternal. It is Christ who reveals the never-dying worm, the unquenchable fire, and He who contrasts with the eternal joys of the redeemed the everlasting woes of the lost. His loving arms would enfold the whole human race, but not while impenitent or unbelieving; the benefits of His redemption are conditional.
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As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
