Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
There is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all; And where it cometh, all things are; And it cometh everywhere.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have taken the biggest lurch to the left in policy in American history. There've been no - no Congress, no administration that has run this far to the left in such a small period of time. And there is a reaction to that.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.
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The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership.
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If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble and pain, it hath thence cause to love this its own substance and to deliver it from pain, that so itself may by it be again beloved.
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I just think you have got to bring out good music.
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Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.
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I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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There is no great and no small To the Soul that maketh all; And where it cometh, all things are; And it cometh everywhere.
