William Godwin Quotes
The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
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Nature is wont to hide herself.
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You are what you wear. I wear something different everyday.
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Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new impositions, any bungler can add to the old.
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It would never occur to me not to look dreadful if that's the job description.
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The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.
