Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, all in all, I should know what God and man is.
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.
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TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.
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There isn't a person on Earth who couldn't use a connection with nature.
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Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
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I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
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The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law; a triumph in which we, as well as animals, are already the victims, and of which Dachau and Hiroshima mark the more recent achievements.
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When I was a practicing alcoholic, I was unbelievable. One side effect was immense suspicion: I'd come off tour like Inspector Clouseau on acid. 'Where's this cornflake come from? It wasn't here before.'
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To me, our destinies seem flower and fruit Born of an ever-generating root...
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There buds the promise of celestial worth.
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Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! … By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.
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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
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As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.
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We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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And what is the greatest number? Number one.
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Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, all in all, I should know what God and man is.
