Christian D. Larson Quotes
To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I love to go all out - once I start doing my makeup, I kind of tend to do a lot of it. So like foundation, contour, highlight, eyeliner, shadow, lashes, lipstick - everything! But I really, really love my contours.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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I have always done work to which my heart says yes.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
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I want the power that comes from expressing myself creatively and putting something back into the world. Being someone's muse would be flattering, but it could get old fast.
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Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain.
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I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.
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Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
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Don't give tips to friends who are about to have babies unless they ask!
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To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable.
