Henry David Thoreau Quotes
I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoots me nor liberates me.
Quotes to Explore
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.
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I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever. My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car; all I listen to is sports talk.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemployment for a while because we want to address deficits.'
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I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars.
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I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.
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Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.
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The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler.
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My brain doesn't like to be quiet.
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I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
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Is it ever worthwhile to buy a review? Not in my opinion. With independent paid review services, quality can be a problem; plus, there are plenty of non-professional book review venues out there that will review for free.
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I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.
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I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
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I don't know anything about computers.
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When I sing, it's different from when I speak in a very interesting way. I think that, when you're singing, a message is carried in a different way. I don't know if that emotion needs a melody.
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I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.
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I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.
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But he understood from hard-earned experience that true security comes through making peace with your neighbors.
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I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.
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I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoots me nor liberates me.
