William Herschel Quotes
The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages; and it is doubtless our paramount duty, in every state of society, to alleviate the pressure of the purely evil part of this distribution, as much as possible, and, by all the means we can devise, secure the lower links in the chain of society from dragging in dishonor and wretchedness.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
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Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.
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All real education is the architecture of the soul.
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The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages; and it is doubtless our paramount duty, in every state of society, to alleviate the pressure of the purely evil part of this distribution, as much as possible, and, by all the means we can devise, secure the lower links in the chain of society from dragging in dishonor and wretchedness.
