Nicholas A. Basbanes Quotes
With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.
Nicholas A. Basbanes
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
Yehuda Berg
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I like heels and make-up.
Victoria Pendleton
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When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.
Damien Rice
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Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.
Park Chung-hee
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I am a big Seth Rollins fan and have been for a long period of time.
Daniel Bryan
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It's cool that I'm 20 and am on the cover of the video game. A lot of kids play hockey, and a few get drafted, and only a few get to be on the cover. It's a great feeling.
Patrick Kane
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Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
Felix Mendelssohn
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When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.
Raekwon
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A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.
Malala Yousafzai
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I believe Corot painted a tree better that any of us, but still I find him superior in his figures.
Edgar Degas
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I will simply call attention to the fact that it is an ideal utterly inconsistent with that of those Communists who falsely call themselves Anarchists while at the same time advocating a regime of Archism fully as despotic as that of the State Socialists themselves.
Benjamin Tucker
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'Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted dependence on foreign oil, and the gasping environment, it could also help the family farmers out of this tragic dilemma they have found themselves in through no fault of their own.'
Willie Nelson
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Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Don't compare yourself to anyone. Be happy to be the wonder unique, very special person that you are.
Susan Polis Schutz
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I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.
Fernando Torres
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Someone asked how I feel about Captain Crunch. I'm capable of eating an entire box of it without any milk. It is a sweet taste that is indescribable. Captain Crunch is its own flavour.
Pedro Pascal
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I couldn't wait until after my third baby to get my body back and start being able to dress a little bit sexier again.
Kourtney Kardashian
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With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.
Nicholas A. Basbanes
