Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
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I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.
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You're the ones who are going to have to seize freedom, because a true revolution of the spirit begins in each of our hearts.
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The world recedes; it disappears! Heav'n opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?
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…if we intend to pursue the history of our species in its further attainments, we may soon enter on subjects which will confine our observation to more narrow limits. The genius of political wisdom and civil arts appears to have chosen his seats in particular tracts of the earth, and to have selected his favourites in particular races of men.
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Singing has opened so many doors for me. And that's definitely a true passion of mine. It's a natural, God-given gift.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
