William Cullen Bryant Quotes
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I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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This is kind of weird, but I eat lemons with salt as snack. They're so good!
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If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.
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I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
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Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.
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The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.
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When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
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I'm very square and proud of it. The flag stays on the porch here.
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Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion.
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Our current energy policy is bankrupt.
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Large elements in Congress and the public were willing to fight for victory but wanted to be very sure that the struggle was not contaminated by any moral principles.
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I love cooking shows! I'm not a bad cook myself, but I must say that I admire the creativity of those young chefs. It makes me jealous... and hungry.
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And kind the voice and glad the eyes That welcome my return at night.