Washington Irving Quotes
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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I believe in my music.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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Seeing games become more of a young person thing, I feel like a toy I grew up with has been left behind. I don't want to. I want this thing to be respected by adults. I want this thing to be growing with me. It's important to have games that could be more nuanced and reflective of the real world and relevant to adults.
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I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.
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I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.
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Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistake of our own period. And that means the old books.
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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
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That happy age when a man can be idle with impunity.
