Henry David Thoreau Quotes
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. I am surprised, as well as delighted, when this happens, it is such a rare use he would make of me, as if he were acquainted with the tool.Henry David Thoreau
Quotes to Explore
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
Sam Harris -
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Edmund Burke -
I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
Sam Hunt -
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
Iris Apfel -
The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
Ted Shackelford -
Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
Warwick Davis
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
Maajid Nawaz -
The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I am a tennis player. And I don't mind that.
Venus Williams -
A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
A. R. Rahman -
I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants.
Parker Posey -
I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
Danger Mouse
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'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
Camille Pissarro -
In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.
Yahoo Serious -
Steaming maintains some of the aubergine flesh's texture, which doesn't happen if you cook it in any other way.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Don't wait to be hunted to hide, that's always been my motto.
Samuel Beckett -
Even children followed with endearing wile,And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.
Ben Kingsley -
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
Hans Kung -
A Europe that qualifies its own values is not attractive in the eyes of Muslims. Europe must conduct itself as a strong partner, both intellectually and spiritually, and it must be convinced of its own advantages. This is the only way we will gain respect.
Walter Kasper -
I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old.
Elvis Costello -
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. I am surprised, as well as delighted, when this happens, it is such a rare use he would make of me, as if he were acquainted with the tool.
Henry David Thoreau