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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

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Wisdom Things Desperate

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.

Johannes Tauler

Prayer Thoughts Saying Believe You

Parents have got to chill out. Let your kid eat dirt - they're gonna be fine!

Parents Chill Kid Dirt Eat Out

I'm not in the business of ranking or debating who is what.

Business Who Ranking Debating

It was only when I went to sixth-form college that I encountered boys.

People Growing Up Black Problem Poor

I tried to be a serious student and not procrastinate, but I was still somebody that would be described as somebody who liked to have fun, too, and go to the occasional party - or two or three.

Fun Have Fun Party Student Go Three

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

Style Identity People Me Everything

When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.

Dance Step People Genius You Body

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

Jean de la Bruyere

God Speak Person Say Sober See

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

Time Way Technical Well-Spent Range

The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off.

I Am Pressure Look I Can Off Worse

I had a job when I was 15 working at a supermarket, and I knocked over a stack of plastic coffee cups. In my anger, I threw one at a concrete wall, and it rebounded back into my head and cut my head open. Stupidest way to get a scar, but it's one that I have.

Coffee Job Anger Back Wall Way

I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is where the artistry lies!!

Think Where Handle Notes Differently

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