Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
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What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.
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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
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If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority.
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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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I'm a person who has always been clear about my love of music and vocal about trying to live in a way that lends itself to health.
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The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.
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Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
