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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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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I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.
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See the lonely boy, out on the weekend,Tryin' to make it pay.Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak andCan't begin to say.
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I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more!
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As anyone who lived through the 1990s knows, nothing shrinks our deficits faster than a growing economy.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I wanted to write an upbeat song where I could feel good about the fact that I've moved around so much and not sad about all the goodbyes I've had to face.
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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.
