Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
There is to me a daintiness about early flowers that touches me like poetry. They blow out with such a simple loveliness among the common herbs of pastures, and breathe their lives so unobtrusively, like hearts whose beatings are too gentle for the world.

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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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Using no way as way; Having no limitation as limitation.
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Yeah, I’m a great kisser.
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A woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!
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There is to me a daintiness about early flowers that touches me like poetry. They blow out with such a simple loveliness among the common herbs of pastures, and breathe their lives so unobtrusively, like hearts whose beatings are too gentle for the world.