Anthony Comstock Quotes
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.
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I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to be faithful to that person without anything on your body to show that you are with someone.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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That's a great team we lost to. It just wasn't our day.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
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A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
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The Man Penal settlement. Do you know whats happening there? The murders, the starvation, the complete breakdown of law and order.
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I know I've dreamed you, a sin and a lie I have my freedom but I don't have much time Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let's do some living, after we die Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day…
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Augustine's description of Ambrose's silent reading (including the remark that he never read aloud) is the first definite instance recorded in Western literature.
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When you truly understand one thing—a hawk, a juniper tree, a rock—you will begin to understand everything.
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I know in the business world, some women won't speak if there are men in meetings for fear of being seen as too assertive.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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When I go into a room to write, it's like I'm not trying to say, 'I need to write a song that sounds like Eric Church or Jason Aldean.' I just try to get the best song that's in the room that day. Whatever style or sound that may be, I'm not afraid to attack it at that angle.
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The world is the devil's hunting-ground, and children are his choicest game.
