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“I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.”
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“Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.”
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“Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.”
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“There is no question we need an energy policy overhaul in America. A key part of that overhaul must include moving forward aggressively with expanding nuclear energy as a renewable energy source. Storing nuclear waste is an important piece of that effort.”
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“Who loves not music and the heavenly muse, That man God hates.”
Source : 1614 Commendatory poem to William Leighton's Teares or Lamentations of a Sorrowfull Soule.
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“Chance is a name for our ignorance.”
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“It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.”
Source : William Ellery Channing (1840). “Lectures on the elevation of the labouring portion of the community”, p.25
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“How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.”
Source : Joseph Hall (1808). “The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall: Now First Collected. With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Written by Himself”, p.204
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“When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual.”
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“The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?”
Source : Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.147, Octagon Press Ltd
