Coventry Patmore Quotes
'I saw you take his kiss!' ''Tis true.''O, modesty!' ''Twas strictly kept:He thought me asleep; at least, I knewHe thought I thought he thought I slept.'
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
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Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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The experimental psychologist... needs historical sophistication within his own sphere of expertness. Without such knowledge he sees the present in distorted perspective, he mistakes old facts and old views for new, and he remains unable to evaluate the significance of new movements and methods. In this matter I can hardly state my faith too strongly. A psychological sophistication that contains no component of historical orientation seems to me to be no sophistication at all.
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New Horizons isn't just visiting Pluto; it's visiting this entire region. Whatever it finds, this will be a signal moment for planetary exploration - the capstone to our first reconnaissance of the planets of our solar system.
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Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success of 50 Shades of Grey]
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'I saw you take his kiss!' ''Tis true.''O, modesty!' ''Twas strictly kept:He thought me asleep; at least, I knewHe thought I thought he thought I slept.'
