William Empson Quotes
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.
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Though I am an MP from Maharashtra, my heart beats for Katihar.
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I just want to continue to pursue dancing. I want to focus on making it out there and showing everybody my heart and soul through dance... and do it until I can't walk anymore.
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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
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What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.
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In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.
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The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.
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My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, that's not realistic.
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I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.
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Our biggest project is actually more in the social sciences, where we are studying mastery - how people get good at things - only we do it from an individuality perspective.
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The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.
