Beilby Porteus Quotes
In sober state,Through the sequestered vale of rural life,The venerable patriarch guileless heldThe tenor of his way.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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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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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.
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I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes.
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Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.
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Life isn't supposed to be easy. Generally speaking, the harder something is the more rewarding the results will be.
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Then there is this idea that the world owes you a living. Here is a little thought about that. It isn't particularly logical but it makes my point. You were paid when you were born, with the privilege of living. Death is all that is coming to you. Life came to you when you were born.
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Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well.
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And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
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In sober state,Through the sequestered vale of rural life,The venerable patriarch guileless heldThe tenor of his way.
