William Godwin Quotes
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.
Quotes to Explore
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that - my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship - that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
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He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
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The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals with, I think we are in better shape now than we would have been if all of those cases had not come down.
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I listen to a lot of Christian music, and reading my Bible calms me down immensely.
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Happiness is The exercise of vital powers, along lines of excellence, in a life affording them scope.
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Based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100.
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I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.'
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I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
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There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.
