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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Things do not change; we change.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

Usually one or two things happen: Either you have an idea straightaway - the sort of sound that you want or the instrumentation or one particular sound that you want to feature - or you don't.

I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

I've done some pretty bad things in my life.

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.