Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Perez Hilton: Are you drunk right now?Grohl: No, I gotta play.Perez: Britney Spears has been getting wasted all the time, hasn't stopped her.Grohl: Yeah, but she doesn't have to sing live.
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My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.
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I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.
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Anyone who opposes methods to control the birth rate, is automatically voting in favour having the death rate go up.
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I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood.
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Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open.
