Winston Churchill Quotes
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Quotes to Explore
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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I hope our people hold tight to the notion that we do not have to be a fear-ridden country focused on restrictions, but rather that we remain the land of the free and home of the brave.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries.
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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
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I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.
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We live in a world in which courage is in less supply than genius.
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I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.
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Tender pauses speak The overflow of gladness, When words are all too weak.
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I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
