William Melmoth Quotes
I cannot but take notice of the wonderful love of God to mankind, who, in order to encourage obedience to His laws, has annexed a present as well as a future reward to a good life; and has so interwoven our duty and our happiness together that, while we are discharging our obligations to the one, we are at the same time making the best provision for the other.
Quotes to Explore
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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If you live close to an International Rescue Committee office in the United States, find out how you can assist a refugee family as they transition to American life. Invite a newly arrived family to your home for a welcoming meal. Listen to their hopes and dreams, and share your own.
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I like to have sleepovers.
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All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
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Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
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We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.
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It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.
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There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!
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The Italians have had two thousand years to fix up the Forum and just look at the place.
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Excuses are the crutches of the uncommitted.
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There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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There's slowly been a kind of shift in how we think about childhood. It's like childhood almost extends to 20 or 22 even after the end of college. When I was growing up, there was this expectation that you were on your own now.
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The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future.
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I cannot but take notice of the wonderful love of God to mankind, who, in order to encourage obedience to His laws, has annexed a present as well as a future reward to a good life; and has so interwoven our duty and our happiness together that, while we are discharging our obligations to the one, we are at the same time making the best provision for the other.
