Charles Dickens Quotes
The earth covered with a sable pall as for the burial of yesterday; the clumps of dark trees, its giant plumes of funeral feathers, waving sadly to and fro: all hushed, all noiseless, and in deep repose, save the swift clouds that skim across the moon, and the cautious wind, as, creeping after them upon the ground, it stops to listen, and goes rustling on, and stops again, and follows, like a savage on the trail.
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When man possesses a good, sound body that does not overpower him nor disturb the equilibrium in him, he possesses a divine gift. In short, a good constitution facilitates the rule of the soul over the body, but it is not impossible to conquer a bad constitution by training.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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My main focus is to help people through music.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way. An actual stag hunt is more like a horseback meeting of a county planning commission.
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America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.
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My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.
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I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.
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I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person win the Iowa caucus and then the whole picture changes ten minutes later. The same thing can happen again after New Hampshire. I have no idea what's going to happen with our country in the future.
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While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.
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I'm a big researcher. I love libraries and archives and I have a huge National Geographiccollection. I have a good amount of books and records, and I'm on the Internet. I think research yields a lot and can help you pull different discordant works that may not be harmonious. Through time and with patience and focus, you bring them all together.
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The public has a right to art ... Art is for everybody.
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The earth covered with a sable pall as for the burial of yesterday; the clumps of dark trees, its giant plumes of funeral feathers, waving sadly to and fro: all hushed, all noiseless, and in deep repose, save the swift clouds that skim across the moon, and the cautious wind, as, creeping after them upon the ground, it stops to listen, and goes rustling on, and stops again, and follows, like a savage on the trail.
