Abraham Cowley Quotes

Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.

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• Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

  

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• I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.

  

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• For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.

  

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• Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

  

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• I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!

  

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• It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.

  

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• Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

  

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• I'm completely in love with the idea of love.

  

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• With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.

  

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• English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.

  

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• SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.

  

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• You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.

  

  Gail Porter
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• It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.

  

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• I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.

  

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• I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.

  

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• All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

  

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• But suppose we take the noun 'truth': here is a case where the disagreements between different theorists have largely turned on whether they interpreted this as a name of a substance, of a quality, or of a relation.

  

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• I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well.

  

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• Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.

  

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• At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

  

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• I was never a great amorist, though I have loved several people very deeply.

  

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• Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.

  

  Abraham Cowley
  • Great
  • Religion
  • Sin