George William Curtis Quotes
Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing.
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
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Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And I don't condone hating someone or treating them badly because they live differently than I do.
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It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
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As long as I can remember, I've been writing - first poems, then stories, and by my early teenage years I was also in love with sailing.
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L.A. is my office. I come here for work and work only.
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Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
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I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
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Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that's my father.
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If you're authentic, people smile because they sense there's a piece of themselves there.
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Since I was a kid, I liked construction.
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Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.
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I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
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There are albums that I like because of specific songs, but then there are albums that I like as a complete body of work. 'Ghetto Fabolous' is an album I lived with daily.
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Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
