Washington Irving Quotes
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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New York, in itself, has this frenzied, chaotic feeling to it. It's such a big city, and it's always moving, and there are so many people.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.
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My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
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I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.
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My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.
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I think this country is growing up a little bit.
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The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the orchestra and the audience, if they feel each other, the audience responds and the orchestra feels it.
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We've always been a band of the people, and we will always remain a band of the people.
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
