William Blake Quotes
Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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I don't do the super-clean-living L.A. thing.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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The classic problem as an entrepreneur is that they have a hard time delegating. But that's really crazy. Recruiting other executives is critical, so is dealing with customers and dealing with regulators. Those are functions that only the top founders can do.
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Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.
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Nothing is sudden in nature: whereas the slightest storms are forecasted several days in advance, the destruction of the world must have been announced several years beforehand by heat waves, by winds, by meteorites, in short, by an infinity of phenomena.
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Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?