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Thomas de Quincey Quotes

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Thomas de Quincey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: August 15, 1785 - December 8, 1859

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Sunday Earth London Wet Afternoon

I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

Time Struggle Beginning Think End

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

Person Never Being Interested Public

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

God Blessing Dance Yourself Rainbow

Ann Demeulemeester is an adult brand now, with its own identity and legacy that is able to continue growing without me.

Ann Demeulemeester

Identity Me Legacy Brand Growing

There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.

Strategy Terrorism Deal Fighters

The initials BP used to stand for British Petroleum, but like Kentucky Fried Chicken, they changed their name to improve their image. Apparently, 'Petroleum,' like the word 'Fried,' connoted a company too oily for American tastes.

Name Stand American Chicken Image

I love myself. I am the best person I know.

Milo Yiannopoulos

Love Myself Best I Am Person Know

If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream.

Today Society Grow You Back Will

It's not worth getting too excited about thinking about the larger picture. The larger picture doesn't come into focus for an awfully long time.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Time Focus Thinking Picture Long

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

Believe In Yourself Yourself Believe

I like Muhammad a lot, because he's like us more than anybody else. Jesus is just so exalted, and Buddha is just so exalted, it's almost beyond our reach.

Reach Beyond More Us Just Almost

I haven't really rebelled. I just think my parents were right. I never disagreed with anything that I was brought up with, in terms of their values or politics.

Politics Parents Think Values Never

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