Ernest Rhys Quotes
With the wings of a bird and the heart of a man he compass'd his flight, And the cities and seas, as he flew, were like smoke at his feet. He lived a great life while we slept, in the dark of the night, And went home by the mariners' road, down the stars' empty street.
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.
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Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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On my 100th birthday, piloting Gordon and myself into the side of a mountain.
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Thou art I, I am Thou,Knowing, Knower, Known, as One!
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'I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman' 6
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Meditation, like masturbation, has until recently been considered a form of self-abuse.
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Labor’s message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some.
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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It takes two to speak the truth, - one to speak, and another to hear.
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My other car is a bright green city.
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I'm always eager to work with people I admire, people who have experience, who've made mistakes and made great things. That's the greatest teaching I could ever get in developing my own career.
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Did the others here feel the disquiet he felt? Had they a reason for concealing that disquiet? And another question: Where was 'here'?He shut that one down sharply.Deal with one thing at a time. Grope your way gently to the abyss. Categorize your knowledge.
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I get up early. I like to read a little before anyone but the dog is up. I also like to read at night, not in bed but just before I go to bed.
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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My philosophy is always to fulfill contracts.
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But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.
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With the wings of a bird and the heart of a man he compass'd his flight, And the cities and seas, as he flew, were like smoke at his feet. He lived a great life while we slept, in the dark of the night, And went home by the mariners' road, down the stars' empty street.
