George Ticknor Quotes
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.
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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.
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I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.
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For a long time, I thought it was all down to dedication, hard work, and visualising doing well - that worked for a bit, but then it stopped. I've realised you have to be more practical and mature to make things actually happen.
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I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
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Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
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I’m so affected, that even my lungs are affected.
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The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.
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The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say "please" and "thank you" same as any mother's son.
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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
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It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.
