Beatrice Webb Quotes
Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.
Quotes to Explore
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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I'm not worried at all about going to 160 lb.
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I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
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It is always good to be on the scoresheet.
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We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it.
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Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.
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I wanted to update the American people on what we know about the situation in Japan, what we’re doing to support American citizens and the safety of our own nuclear energy, and how we are helping the Japanese people contain the damage, recover and rebuild.
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It was always from the love of strong women that he had found whatever joy had been granted him in his life.
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Knowing was better than not knowing. But not by much.
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All the sciences in the world never smoothed down a dying pillow. No earthly philosophy ever supplied hope in death.
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Pretty witty Nell.
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Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses.
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(You'd be surprised who'll hang an electric chair in the living room. Especially if the background matches the drapes.)
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'It’s a wonder to me,' said Adams sourly, 'that you don’t simply melt down in the white heat of your brilliance.'
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When you die, nobody pays your hosting company, and your work disappears. Like that.
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I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and heroine that are so odd, so flawed and so complicated. It is a programme that really draws you in.
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Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.
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The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.
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Americans believe that you can alter people by conversion, and that everybody in the world is a potential American. The Chinese also believe that their values are universal, but they do not believe that you can convert to becoming a Chinese unless you are born into it.
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Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.
