Lord Byron Quotes
But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfitTo sink or soar.
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
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You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.
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We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
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I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
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Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated one. His administration has been making pro-gay noises for some time; his demographic in the upcoming election is young and educated, precisely the group that favours equality for the LGBT community.
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There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.
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I was a guy who showed up for work and took the chance for finding out whether I could do it or not... I'd like to think I made my success not at the expense of anyone. Success was accidental.
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I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.
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My first computers were a Timex Sinclair and an Apple II.
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There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
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The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
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My characters always start well in movies. Almost every movie I've done starts with a happy marriage, it's all beautiful, wealthy, whatever... and then of course my husband leaves me, and everything falls apart.
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What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.
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I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.
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But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfitTo sink or soar.
