William the Silent Quotes
I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain.
William the Silent
Quotes to Explore
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When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
Mal Peet
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A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
Garrett Hardin
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Pubescent girls, it seems, are manifestly more likely to exhibit extreme and bizarre psychological symptoms than are teenage boys.
Caitlin Flanagan
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When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.
Ian Mckellen
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The tired whine of 'But the Republicans are worse' will fall flat as more young Americans take charge of their future and move, with their reenergized elders, toward the Green Party and parallel civic and political movements.
Ralph Nader
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'Oh, son, I wish you hadn’t become a scenario writer!' she sniffled.'Aw, now, Moms,' I comforted her, 'it’s no worse than playing the piano in a call house.'
S. J. Perelman
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I am looking forward very much to getting back to Cambridge, and being able to say what I think and not to mean what I say: two things which at home are impossible. Cambridge is one of the few places where one can talk unlimited nonsense and generalities without anyone pulling one up or confronting one with them when one says just the opposite the next day.
Bertrand Russell
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What is a strain is being forced into the lobster pot of good behaviour while being forced to sing its praises.
Edward St Aubyn
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I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.
Aung San Suu Kyi
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou
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I finally said, I can't live being carried by this wake.
Marla Maples
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No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They might be trying something they need to explore.
Amanda Hale
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I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get.
Christopher Charles Lloyd
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Please don’t go away from me. We can work it out- whatever it may be, girl.
Boyz II Men
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Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too much carbon dioxide - all can be traced easily to too many people.
Paul R. Ehrlich
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Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!
Octavia Spencer
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I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
Fiona Apple
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I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain.
William the Silent
