William Johnson Cory Quotes

All beauteous things for which we live By laws of space and time decay. But Oh, the very reason why I clasp them, is because they die.

William Johnson Cory

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• We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Work
  • Live
  • Together

• There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Live
  • School
  • Business

• We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Live
  • Thoughts
  • Animal

• I'm always happy and most at home on the stage. I love film and television, but I love live performance... your immediacy with the audience, it makes all the difference in the world.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • World
  • Live
  • Love

• We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Live
  • Humanity
  • Tree

• To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.

  

  Patrick Swayze
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  • Live
  • Trying

• The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• Live and allow others to live; hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.

  

  Mahavira
  • Life
  • Live
  • Hurt

• We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Life
  • Live
  • Trying

• I want to live my life, not record it.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Life
  • Live
  • My Life

• If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • God
  • Live
  • Reach

• If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Life
  • Good
  • Live

• I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

  

  Oscar de la Renta
  • Light
  • Things
  • Color

• I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Live
  • True
  • Crime

• Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.

  

  Barry McGee
  • Work
  • Live
  • Sleep

• If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.

  

  Donald Miller
  • Up
  • Die
  • Morning

• I was always writing. I've always been attracted to words and stories, communication.

  

  Lucy Dacus
  • Writing
  • Words
  • Communication

• After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.

  

  Dave Annable
  • Game

• I never liked dolls or played house. I read and wrote, climbed trees, collected rocks, rode my bike, and befriended boys, platonically.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • House
  • Bike
  • Rocks

• Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.

  

  Bill Bennett
  • Society
  • Rest

• All beauteous things for which we live By laws of space and time decay. But Oh, the very reason why I clasp them, is because they die.

  

  William Johnson Cory
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