Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes

Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1806 - January 20, 1867

Topics

WorkYouMayPressGraveDevice

I grew up in a pretty religious house. My family was Roman Catholic, and I couldn't wait to get away from that. But that doesn't mean I'm not a spiritual person.

Jeff Lemire

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I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

Meryl Streep

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The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.

Simon Greenleaf

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There are few words in Russian for the Western concept of 'law,' but there are legions of words for connections, helping people from one's neck of the woods.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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I've been lucky that even when I was younger, just because of my look or whatever, I was afforded the opportunity or called on to try. 'Can you do this Hispanic character?' 'Can you do this Italian character?' 'Can you do this Jewish-American character?' I just had to develop a facility for their accents.

Tony Shalhoub

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As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.

Rod Stewart

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It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

Louis Garrel

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I'm sure that everybody feels a kind of permanent anguish about what's going on in the world.

Doris Lessing

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When Dick Avedon died, I was so upset that I just started painting.

China Machado

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I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

Cory Monteith

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For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to feel remote from and disconnected from the world of deal making.

Clive Barker

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I see every project I take on as significant, and I try to pour a lifetime of experience into it.

Brian Stelfreeze

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