Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
If e'er I win a parting token, 'Tis something that has lost its power-- A chain that has been used and broken, A ruin'd glove, a faded flower; Something that makes my pleasure less, Something that means--forgetfulness.
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Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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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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A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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Having children with someone is the real bond.
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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.
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I am an African and I am very proud of that.
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When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
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This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: 'Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the Earth.'
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The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.
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I don't look for bliss, just contentment.
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Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
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No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are...
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If e'er I win a parting token, 'Tis something that has lost its power-- A chain that has been used and broken, A ruin'd glove, a faded flower; Something that makes my pleasure less, Something that means--forgetfulness.
