And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
#quotes #tom-jenkinson #squarepusher #one-direction #writing #music

If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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For me, I've always wanted to do theater, so I gravitate toward it. ~Justin Bartha
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
#quotes #louis-pasteur #children #respect #future