Samuel Butler Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
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I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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The American public believes the Founding Fathers were close to infallible and that, while our political system has its faults, it functions far better than other democracies. But is it true?
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Personally, I find visualisations great for helping me understand the world and for sifting the huge amounts of information that deluge me every day.
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'They can hopscotch around us,' Chris told Laura. They can pop ahead in time to see where we show up, then they pick and choose the easiest place along the time stream to ambush us. It's sorta like… if we were the cowboys and the Indians were all psychic.'
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I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.
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I hate rap! Can I say that?
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
