Edmund Burke Quotes
The wise will determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
Quotes to Explore
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
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By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.
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I told the Commonwealth Commissioners I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars... I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which was before wars and strife were.
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I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.
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The wise will determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
