William Cullen Bryant Quotes
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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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The Dormouse looked out, and he said with a sigh: "I suppose all these people know better than I. It was silly, perhaps, but I did like the view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).
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He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again.
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I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
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We will fight hostage taking like we fight terrorism.
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Beauty is only to be admired, only to be loved - to be harvested carefully and then flung at a chosen lover like a gift of roses. It seems to me, so far as I can judge clearly at all, that my beauty would be used like that.
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You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best.
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We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.
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We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.
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Why buy repeater carbines and nuclear armament - if this is kept at home a child can play with it.
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I may have got (Paul) Waner out, but I never fooled him.
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All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.
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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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My genius is in my nostrils.
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I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have been sorely tempted to launch a military attack on foreigners, and have felt the frustration of having to negotiate with allies or even former enemies to reach a consensus instead of taking more decisive unilateral action.
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Keenly aware of their limitations, artists often remain insecure even as their list of successes grows.
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The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.
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I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful.
