Charles Dickens Quotes
To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen to the falling rain, and crouch for warmth beneath the lee of some old barn or rick, or in the hollow of a tree; are dismal things - but not so dismal as the wandering up and down where shelter is, and beds and sleepers are by thousands; a houseless rejected creature.Charles Dickens
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
Daniel Burnham -
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
Carl Honore -
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
Uma Thurman -
Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
Ted Rall -
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
Oprah Winfrey -
When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
Ted Cruz -
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
Inbee Park -
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
H. L. Mencken -
Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
Sacha Baron Cohen -
Respect the burden.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
Damien Chazelle
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
Nancy Cartwright -
That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do.
Sally Schneider -
Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
Edmund Burke -
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
Abraham Maslow -
You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
My book 'The Exciting Adventures of Boo' was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children's book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson - one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter.
Manika
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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
Malala Yousafzai -
I am a frighteningly thorough person.
Daniel Radcliffe -
I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.
Monica Keena -
It is enough for me by day To walk the same bright earth with him; Enough that over us by night The same great roof of stars is dim. I do not hope to bind the wind Or set a fetter on the sea -- It is enough to feel his love Blow by like music over me.
Sara Teasdale -
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
George Eliot -
To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen to the falling rain, and crouch for warmth beneath the lee of some old barn or rick, or in the hollow of a tree; are dismal things - but not so dismal as the wandering up and down where shelter is, and beds and sleepers are by thousands; a houseless rejected creature.
Charles Dickens