Charles Dickens Quotes
"Ghost of the Future," he exclaimed, "I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?"
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Architecture begins where engineering ends.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!
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I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.
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It's weird: I've been to prison, I've seen the worst sort of violence and negative shit in the streets, but when it comes to putting my heart on the line and letting somebody get to know me in a relationship, it's very difficult.
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There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart.
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16 Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
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It doesn't need to be the same every day, doesn't need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I've always been very flexible. I don't care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
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"Ghost of the Future," he exclaimed, "I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?"
