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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.

But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s just seem to be a confused decade. Nobody knows, really, what's going on.

I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I couldn't get the words out. It lasted for like thirty seconds, but I got over it, and luckily the crowd didn't seem to care.

Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.

We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

Yes, threadbare seem his songs, to lettered ken - they were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.

It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.

Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.

But doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?

Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious.

If you've seen a photo of me from when I was a kid, I don't think anyone would have expected that going in front of the camera was something that I was going to do. I can't believe how little effort my parents put into making me seem like an appealing little girl.

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.

Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.

But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.