George Washington Quotes
Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me thy servant, who humbly prostrate myself before thee.
Quotes to Explore
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have that one-on-one experience. Doing more TV now, when fans come up to me on the street and talk to me on social media, that's a way to bridge that gap.
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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.
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My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
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People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
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I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.
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The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.
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What's important is for us to be aware that our actions have repercussions.
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
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There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.
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Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me thy servant, who humbly prostrate myself before thee.
