William Cartwright Quotes

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

William Cartwright

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• If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

  

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• We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

  

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• I was a huge ham in school in Atlanta.

  

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• I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.

  

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• With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.

  

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• I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.

  

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• Creative people are more prone to depression.

  

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• What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.

  

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• We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.

  

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• If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.

  

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• As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted.

  

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• Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

  

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• Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.

  

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• Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.

  

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• Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.

  

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• Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!

  

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• For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'

  

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• Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.

  

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• Anytime you're going to take your Marines into harm's way, they are looking for leadership that is calm, assertive, sure of themselves. And quite honestly, I don't think that some of these young Marines care if it's a male or a female. They just want to be properly led.

  

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• Personally, when I go to Tulum, I prefer to be near the action but not in the midst of it.

  

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• Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

  

  William Cartwright
  • Joy
  • Smile
  • Lord