William Ellery Channing Quotes
The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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In reality, I am more a professor, one who reflects and mediates on spiritual questions. Practical governance is not my strong point, and this is certainly a weakness. But I do not see myself as a failure. For eight years, I carried out my work.
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.
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The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.
