William Wetmore Story Quotes
I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife....The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.
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And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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We don't wake up happy and looking absolutely perfect and feeling amazing every day, you know? We're only human. So I think, with me, I'm not really scared to let people see that - because it's real.
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The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I want to write weirder stuff and convince people that it's Top 40.
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When I was singing, everybody liked me.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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I think more people in the mainstream, folks like Nancy Wilson and Luther Vandross, they have openly expressed their love for God, and when mainstream artists start expressing their love for God openly in their concerts and including gospel songs in their concert, and, you know, people started embracing it.
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Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
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The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
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You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
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My real last name is Galifianakisburg.
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The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.
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I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife....The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.
