Samuel Butler Quotes
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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Every year, I say the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl. There's no doubt in my mind every single year. And you have to keep in mind this was well before the Seahawks were good. This was, like, 2-14, drafting-Rick-Mirer Seahawks. I would still be saying they were going to win the Super Bowl.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't play that music. I will lose my job.' Well, lose the job and create a new job. If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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Faith accepts the Bible as the word and will of God and rests upon its truth without question and without other evidence.
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Bitcoin is my baby; it's my whole world and my whole life. It's what I was put on this earth to do.
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I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul.
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
