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Archibald MacLeish quote: "You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the..."

You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames.

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I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth. Mahatma Gandhi
It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. Johan Huizinga
That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I'm just more creative at night. Stephenie Meyer
Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic. Kim Cattrall
Julian Bond quote: "Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White..."
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action. Julian Bond
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun. George Catlin
Rudy Rucker quote: "The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery."
The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery. Rudy Rucker
Will any of those men under you ever really understand all this? They're professional cynics, and it's too late for them. Why do you want to go back with them? So you can keep up with the Joneses? To buy a gyro just like the Smith has? To listen to music with your pocketbook instead of your glands? Ray Bradbury
Dennis Rodman quote: "In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there..."
In jail I was just like everybody else, I was sitting there praying, feeling caged. Dennis Rodman
Are you going to do it?" he asked. "Maybe," I said. Don't 'maybe' me, baby. It's written all over you. I'd almost be willing to go along, you know. Of all my relations, I like sex the best and Eric the least."I lit a cigarette, while I considered. Roger Zelazny
Karl Lagerfeld quote: "Music gives color to the air of the moment."
Music gives color to the air of the moment. Karl Lagerfeld
Do one of three things. One, go find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho and start bombing-but this will only swing people to the right. Three, learn a lesson. Go home, organize, build power and at the next convention, you be the delegatepos Saul Alinsky
I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago. Bill Skarsgard
It's definitely a thing to be sitting there, getting a pedicure, and you look over and someone is reading an article about an aspect of your life that you know is not true. It's weird, it's uncomfortable, but I don't see it changing anytime soon, so I should figure a way to laugh through it. Anne Hathaway
Steve Carell quote: "People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger..."
People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it. Steve Carell