Washington Irving Quotes
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.
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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
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Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct HBO Comedy Festival, and that led to an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and a path to a professional comedy career.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.
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The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise, in such a night.
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He winked at her. She giggled. And I threw up a little in my mouth
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After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
