Edward Joseph Young Quotes
High stations tumult, but not bliss create; None think the Great unhappy, but the Great.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.
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Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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'Mvula' is my married name, but for some reason my nan calls me 'McVula.' I'm not sure if it's one of those jokey Caribbean things, or whether she's just getting it wrong.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
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Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.
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When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
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Selbst in den äusserlichen Gebräuchen sollte sich die Lebensart der Künstler von der Lebensart der übrigen Menschen durchaus unterscheiden. Sie sind Braminen, eine höhere Kaste, aber nicht durch Geburt sondern durch freye Selbsteinweihung geadelt.
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The task of the educator of young children lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity.
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I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.
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More will mean worse.
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Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.
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I was told at first that being different was a bad thing. Everywhere I went, it was just, 'You're too different'... And it turned out that being different was the best thing that ever happened to my career. It is why people travel to my shows. It's why people want to hear my story and buy my book.
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It's all so surreal seeing yourself in a video game.
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Those who follow orders to commit such crimes will be found and they will be punished. War crimes will be prosecuted. And it will be no excuse to say, 'I was just following orders.' Any official involved in such crimes will forfeit hope of amnesty or leniency with respect to past action.
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High stations tumult, but not bliss create; None think the Great unhappy, but the Great.
