William H. Prescott Quotes
The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will be renewed with greater and greater lustre in ages yet unborn, when the victorious chieftain shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of the minstrel and the page of the chronicler.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
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I feel good. I think everything went good.
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Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.
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Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.
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I want to have fun, but I don't quite know how.
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There's no wrong time to make the right decision.
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I have always been drawn to fashion from an aesthetic and consumer standpoint. I honestly never thought that I could take my business training and apply it here. I worked in retail and was into fashion. It was something I liked, and people trusted my opinion.
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My whole teaching consists of two words, meditation and love. Meditate so that you can feel immense silence, and love so that your life can become a song, a dance, a celebration. You will have to move between the two, and if you can move easily, if you can move without any effort, you have learned the greatest thing in life.
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«Sometimes the best decision is to make no decision, which is also to make a decision.»
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Whatever we areWe belong togetherWherever we areWe will find each otherWhoever we areWe areForever one.
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I always get this feeling on my last day of work that I'm never going to work again.
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The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons.
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out.
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As any competent student of literary composition knows, the more natural and casual a voice sounds in print, the more likely it is to have been edited time and again.
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By forbidding Jews to destroy their hair, the Bible warns them away from seeking the siren song of eternal youth. By encouraging Jews to grow beards, it reminds them that they will not be young forever, that they must prepare the ground for those who come after, just as their fathers did for them.
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The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will be renewed with greater and greater lustre in ages yet unborn, when the victorious chieftain shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of the minstrel and the page of the chronicler.
