Richard Jefferies Quotes
I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business in the green meadows, admit the animal world to a share in the faculty of reason. It is the cabinet makers who construct a universe of automatons.
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I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.
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If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings.
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I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.
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I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.
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To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. I've listened to 'Ziggy Stardust' as much as any rock n' roll fan - I don't really know what it's about, but it sure is fun to think about David Bowie as this mad creation.
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There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that appeal to the worst in people. Our society is moving in that direction.
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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.
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America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.
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To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not.
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I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.
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Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity.
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Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
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This is a tremendous opportunity to be named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and it's a role I have been studying for over the course of my playing days.
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Dreams are the ones that really keep me moving all the time. That's what drives me.
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Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life.
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I always work on my abs, every single day. As Miss Universe, exercising your abdominal muscles is mandatory!
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I'm not in the being-annoyed business.
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My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster and farther and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system.
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I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business in the green meadows, admit the animal world to a share in the faculty of reason. It is the cabinet makers who construct a universe of automatons.
