Lyman Abbott Quotes
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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The best way to really make the VPN issue a completely nonissue is through global licensing that we are continuing to pursue with our partners.
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I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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If I can give you some kind of knowledge of life you should listen.
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I try really hard not to be attached to success.
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Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
