Charles Dickens Quotes
To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.
Quotes to Explore
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.
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There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.
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I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
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Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.
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I think it is very good for the country, for the world, and especially for the Democrats that Harry Reid is retiring.
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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
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I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
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Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.
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There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
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A fearful instance of the ill consequences attending upon irascibility - alive, with the qualifications of the dead - dead, with the propensities of the living - an anomaly on the face of the earth - being very calm, yet breathless.
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People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God's kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.
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I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and on the basis of the general social advantage, taking an ever greater responsibility for directly organizing investments.
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To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.
