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 happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.
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When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.
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Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.
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And kind the voice and glad the eyes That welcome my return at night.
