Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes
An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer's sunshine, winter's snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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I'm going through a stage where the dumbest things make me bawl. I feel like I need to see a shrink.
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Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it.
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First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.
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I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
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I'm a vegetarian and change my hair color as much as I can.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.
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True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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Flash Video made platform sites like YouTube possible as well, and helped kick-start the online video revolution.
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Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.
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I can be a bit of a nervous flyer.
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The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally.
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My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I'm probably more conservative because of it.
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When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto.
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I'm totally growing up.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
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I couldn't be sufficiently interested in human beings to be a writer if I had contempt for human beings.
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
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It was a nice day, and I don't mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like winter was getting annoyed with itself and wanted it to be spring just as much as everyone else.
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An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer's sunshine, winter's snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow.
