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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Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.
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Religion is in every aspect of art, when it's not baroque.
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Tacked above my desk are photos of artists I admire - Hopper, Sargent, Twain - and postcards from beloved bookstores where I've spent all my time and money - Tattered Cover, Elliot Bay, Harvard Bookstore.
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I work out really hard, and I stay on my diet all week.
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Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
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It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.
