William Shakespeare Quotes

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.

William Shakespeare

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• I was a tomboy.

  

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• For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

  

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• One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.

  

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• Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.

  

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• It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.

  

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• My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.

  

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• It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

  

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• No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.

  

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• I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.

  

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• You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.

  

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• Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

  

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• We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.

  

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• Beauty is more than just shining for others. You don’t need to have the perfect face to be beautiful. Being ugly or beautiful is a matter of energy, and true beauty comes from the heart.

  

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• When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Past
  • Sweet
  • Silent