Augustus Hare Quotes
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
Quotes to Explore
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Gallows, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which the leading actor is translated to heaven 
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It's difficult when you travel around America to get local food; it used to be very easy. You went from town to town and were more in touch with things.
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A brief short story may require only a few paragraphs after the climax. On the other hand, in his massive novel 'The World According to Garp,' John Irving's denouement consisted of 10 separate sections, each devoted to an individual character's fate and each almost a story in itself.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
