T. E. Lawrence Quotes
We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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Sometimes when you're a songwriter, you kind of have this egotistic thing: you just want to write something that you love, and you don't care about if people like it or not, but personally, I want to write something that people can jive to.
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You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We're the people closest to the people.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.
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There are people who can't bear to fail. Those people are on the short track as far as their careers go. You have to push hard, do hard things. But you also have to be able to say, 'OK, today's not the day.'
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It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
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I would love to adopt a child from a Spanish speaking country, because I want to have Spanish in the home.
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Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."
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We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.
