Henry David Thoreau Quotes
My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read,'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at largeDown in the meadow, where is richer feed,And will not mind to hit their proper targe.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
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I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.
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They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
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Have you ever not known something but known it at the same time?
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Oh, for Christ's sake shut up. Obviously the New Democratic Party is not only misinformed but uninterested in the subject.
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I got into one Metallica record. That was about it. I never got into AC/DC or Black Sabbath or any of that. I was interested in the side of heavy metal that had interesting guitar ideas, but that was a very short-lived thing.
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Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.
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My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read,'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at largeDown in the meadow, where is richer feed,And will not mind to hit their proper targe.
