Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
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If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
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Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.
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When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
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I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
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I've been doing this career for a really long time, but there was not a lot of reason, at the time when I wrote 'Fight Song,' to believe that I should keep going.
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I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.
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No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
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I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
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Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.
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A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.
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The Cross on Golgotha Thou lookest to in vain, Unless within thine heart It be set up again
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I'm a gamer at heart and always have been. I'm also a filmmaker.
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If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.
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It is easier when you like to work with your companions.
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Definitely, study is absolutely necessary in all forms - it's just like any talent that's born within somebody. It's just like a good pair of shoes when you put a shine on it, you know? Like, schooling brings out the polish of any talent. It happens anywhere in the world.
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To be a couture designer is not only to create dresses but to adapt your line to your private customers. It is why couture is expensive. You are like a doctor.
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Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of all the signs of a corrupt heart and a feeble head, the tendency of incredulity is the surest. Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
