Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.Henry David Thoreau
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
Ram Kapoor -
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
Karl Philipp Moritz -
I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
Barbra Streisand -
Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
Manny Montana -
I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
Gabriel Iglesias
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
Flume -
I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
Katharine Cornell -
Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
G. Edward Griffin -
I'm one of those pesky Brits.
Damian Lewis -
I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
Natalie Dormer -
As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
Jacob Epstein
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If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.
Fabrice Grinda -
If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
Taraji P. Henson -
A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
Nathan Fielder -
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
Ingmar Bergman -
They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
Wadada Leo Smith
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In my spare time, I volunteer at my daughters' schools so I can stay involved with the activities and parent/teacher community.
Belinda Johnson -
You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.
Maira Kalman -
Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm in your community for the last 20 years, that person is working just as much as the individual who's running General Mills.
Daymond John -
We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible.
Johan Huizinga -
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
Anna Jameson -
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau