Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
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My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
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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 come with bad genetics, personally.
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I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.
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Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.
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Nay, you'll be ashamed of me everyday of your life," he answered; "and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
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It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.
