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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

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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Life Funny Good Man Me Design

I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.

Baseball College America You Tennis

I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication.

John Shelby Spong

Live Light Perfect I Can Sin See

The thing I remember most about having a tantrum is not the rage during the tantrum, but the being freaked out afterwards, and embarrassed, and guilty. It's scary to lose control of yourself.

Yourself Control Remember Lose Scary

I was a storyteller for The Band. It was never, 'Hey guys, here's a song about what happened to me.' I was always more comfortable writing fiction.

Robbie Robertson

Me Writing Song Comfortable Never

It tends to be overlooked that many people are indirectly affected by thoughtless and cruel journalism.

People Journalism Cruel Overlooked

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.

Change Mind Interesting You Find

I've always approached my job first as a physician. I'm here to help and take care of patients. I'm an administrator second.

Job Care Take Care Help Physician

What makes a Beethoven symphony spectacular, what makes a Brahms rhapsody spectacular is that the patterns are wondrous.

Patterns Symphony Spectacular Makes

I just have this thing in my head that I want to do serious stories that are still just way too cute and drawn in a really cute, appealing, rounded, childish way, and it's like, I don't know if it makes sense - but it's just something I'm really strongly compelled to do.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Cute Serious Know Want Way Childish

I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don't have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Life Wife I Am Problems Career Play

I didn't want to go to Golden State. I didn't want to go back in Steph's shadow.

Shadow Back Go Want Golden State

Why dictator Musharraf, raising the slogan of 'Pakistan First,' did not think about construction of Dasu and Basha dams?

Construction Think Why First Dams

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