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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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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I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.
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We're all the same. We all want the same thing in life. Everybody going around like ants and we all want the same thing. And it's not one queen. It's not one queen with the wings.
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I only eat things that you don't have to kill.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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I have written more than 100 novels and novellas since 1983 - I was first published in 1985. There was an overlap of three years with my teaching career, but finally I felt good enough about my writing career to quit teaching and write full time.
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But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, Half dust, half deity, alike unfitTo sink or soar.
