William Mackergo Taylor Quotes
We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.
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I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
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I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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Music is organized sound.
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Quite simply, my writing life has been one of relish, challenge, excitement.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother.
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The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
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I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would love to play an American bimbo or a grimy Londoner. But I'm probably more suited in people's minds to playing a corseted victim.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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How grateful are we--how touched a frank and generous heart is for a kind word extended to us in our pain! The pressure of a tender hand nerves a man for an operation, and cheers him for the dreadful interview with the surgeon.
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If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.
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We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.
