Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
Rachel McAdams
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
Karen McDougal
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
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Theater dates very quickly.
Fiona Shaw
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
Zayn Malik One Direction
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
Valerie Plame
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
Natasha Henstridge
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I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
Daniel Espinosa
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
Gallant
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
Jack Nicklaus
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There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
Barbara Palvin
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Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.
Abbey Lee Kershaw
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John
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I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
Eddie Floyd
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
Questlove
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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I don't wanna forget the fact that I wanna be one of the best rappers. I feel like some of the best rappers ever - 2Pac, namely, one of them - could take sub-par beats or average beats and turn them into incredible songs.
J. Cole
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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry: "I used to be angry every day, then every other day: next, every two, then every three days!" and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.
Epictetus
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Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
Ada Lovelace
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Commencement speech at Howard University, as quoted in 'Obama: Students Need to Stop Shutting Down Speech of People They Disagree With' by Josh Feldman, Mediaite (7 May 2016)
Barack Obama
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
Aaron Douglas
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The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.
Henry David Thoreau