Henry David Thoreau Quotes

A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.

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• People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.

  

  Tara Reid
  • America
  • Party
  • Stupid

• In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Performer
  • Hyper
  • Nelly

• May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Country
  • May
  • Heaven

• We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Believe
  • Free
  • Choice

• The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Game
  • Hair
  • Incredible

• Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Success
  • Happiness
  • Common

• If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Country
  • Hope
  • Friend

• I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

  

  Florynce Kennedy
  • You
  • Wear
  • Wearing

• My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Up
  • Home
  • Mother

• Filming 'Eclipse' - Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming the movie. I just love that it's the height of the love triangle. 'Twilight' develops Edward and Bella's relationship, 'New Moon' develops Jacob and Bella's and in 'Eclipse,' the three of them are physically together.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Book
  • Relationship
  • Excited

• I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Past
  • Change
  • Peace

• The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.

  

  A. J. Jacobs
  • Best
  • Too Much
  • Plants

• The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Help
  • Knowledge
  • Goal

• I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Enjoy
  • Doing
  • Idea

• Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.

  

  Mahavira
  • Laws
  • Infinite
  • Modes

• I'm lucky because I had blonde hair for a while for this TV show I was doing – they had me dye my hair blonde – and every audition I was going out for was bleach blonde. The mean girl, the pretty girlfriend, and the dumb cheerleader.

  

  Haley Lu Richardson
  • Pretty
  • Girl
  • Mean

• I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Kids
  • Very
  • Blind

• Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Character
  • Control
  • Look

• I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they can't sell you drugs for being creative. Seriously, the world needs people whose minds constantly wander, because that's how great ideas are stumbled upon.

  

  Hal Elrod
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance. The artist considers his isolation, his subjectivity, his individualism almost holy.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Pain
  • Ego
  • Isolation

• I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most.

  

  Andrea Hirata
  • Beautiful
  • Attention

• I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.

  

  Mark E. Smith
  • People
  • Truth

• A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.

  

  Henry David Thoreau
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