William Wordsworth Quotes
Action is transitory, a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or that, 'Tis done--And in the after-vacancy, We wonder at ourselves, like men betrayed.
Quotes to Explore
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
Naomi Klein
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
Gary Gygax
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
Gaby Hoffmann
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
Napoleon Hill
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I like buying iTunes. It's instant.
Caitlin Rose
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
Carlo Rubbia
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
Maggie Q
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
Carl Spitteler
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
Aaron Eckhart
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
Laura Moser
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AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
Yusuf Hamied
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
Ice Cube
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
Jackie Speier
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If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.
Barry Commoner
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
F. H. Bradley
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
Forest Whitaker
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
Carli Lloyd
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I'm obsessed with the vegan beauty brand RMS - their concealer is amazing.
Hannah Bronfman
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Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential.
William Osler
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Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.
Bar Refaeli
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The real test of business greatness is in giving opportunity to others. Many business men fail in this because they are thinking only of personal glory.
Charles M. Schwab
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Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.
Jean O'Leary
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Action is transitory, a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or that, 'Tis done--And in the after-vacancy, We wonder at ourselves, like men betrayed.
William Wordsworth