A. E. Housman Quotes
The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
Quotes to Explore
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My wife said to me... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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I was a confused young girl with so much tragedy. Sometimes when you're going through stuff, the last person you're thinking exists is God. I mean, it was my confusion, the anger that was in my heart, all that drama. But thank God I know God now, okay?
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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We're not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you.
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I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven.
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The computer seems easy because Apple makes the products so easy to use at home. It's the simple things, like getting the TV set up or getting the speakers to work. That drives me crazy.
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Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
