Alfred Wainwright Quotes
I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindness of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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A great artist is a great man in a great child.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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O meu coração é um pouco maior que o universo inteiro.
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Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough.
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Oὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει
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I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.
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There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting.
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I went to a private girls' school where I was one out of five girls in the class who looked like me.
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Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.
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It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.
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The meager satisfaction that man can extract from reality leaves him starving.
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I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction in climbing mountains and a tranquil mind upon reaching their summits, as though I had escaped from the disappointments and unkindness of life and emerged above them into a new world, a better world.
