Henry David Thoreau Quotes
I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
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Having the chance to walk at New York Fashion Week for Yeezy and Milan Fashion Week for Alberta Ferretti and Max Mara in a hijab is so significant. It sends a message to young women everywhere that you can be beautiful for just being you.
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All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.
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Well it's hard to remember who, but I drunk dial a lot.
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I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.
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Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill.
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Names that tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often proceeds the selection of a name.
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I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
