Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
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Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.
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I believe in the empirical wisdom of science, just to start with, so I hope that there might be some treatment out there that might be helpful.
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No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.
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The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.
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Say what you would about the dietary requirements, vampirism sure did do great things for the skin and body.
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Making ski racing fun and engaging for kids and families is an exciting opportunity and a real passion of mine.
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Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it's always in my mind, an institution with no law.
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I'll turn the page on a growing empire of classified information. We'll protect sources and methods, but we won't use sources and methods to hide the truth.
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He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
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There can never be enough writers anywhere in the world.
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Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.
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The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer.
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My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.
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You know, I agree with President Obama that in Iraq and Afghanistan, at some point in time, we have to take the training wheels off and we have to allow those countries to stand on their own two feet.
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Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
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It's funny that you [Zachary Quinto] did a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead. I did the same thing for my university when I went to USC.
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Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.
