Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Henry David Thoreau
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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.
Finn Wittrock
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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.
Ralph G. Neas
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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?
Zhang Zhidong
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There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.
Pamela Anderson
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
Ralph Fiennes
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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.
Gary Numan
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I will say that I know Nirvana did a show and played a few chords from 'More Than a Feeling' before they did 'Teen Spirit,' and it wasn't very good. But in all seriousness, 'Teen Spirit' was a great song. If subconsciously or somehow I had any influence on that, I'll take that as a compliment.
Tom Scholz
Boston
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When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.
George Gershwin
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The bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo.
Pliny the Elder
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'Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know - they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered/ We all know we die. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of beign seen, or heard, even for a moment.'
Dave Eggers
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I don't think in terms of intervals; I think in terms of tonal color. I'm trying to play through as many keys as possible.
Woody Shaw
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Henry David Thoreau