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We are free, we are civilised, to little purpose, if we grudge to any portion of the human race an equal measure of freedom and civilisation.
for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.
I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.
I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.
There have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who ventured all and gained a little, but survived after all.
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone.
I have spent myself on all kinds of things ... I have advanced much politically but I have written little and moreover have written it badly.
Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.
People who own everything know how to relax a little and bend and exhale once in a while, but they're not going to let it get out of control.
I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.
There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.
My closet is full of sad little scripts that didn't get made that have sad endings. It's very hard to get a movie made that has a sad ending.
I don't drink much and I smoke very little. I guess my only bad habit is robbing banks. Now you see, fellas, I ain't such a bad guy at heart.
Make sure you're doing impressions of people that are still relevant, and that everyone knows. Red Skelton impressions are a little outdated.
If you want to know someone's story, they have to tell it aloud. But every time, the telling is a little but different. It's new, even to me.
Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.
Christ was a Jew, and God, he is supposed to have made the universe. That's a little far-fetched because if God made the world, who made God?
Some of the best health care services are free or cost very little and are even available to millionaires but hardly anyone knows they exist.
Compromise means to go just a little bit below what you know is right. It's just a little bit, but it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.
It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?
Little lies are very dangerous, because there are so many of them, and because each one of them scours upon the character as diamond-pointed.
There's certain things that you can do on cable that you can't do here on network TV, so then you have to think outside the box a little bit.
I definitely shut down sometimes. I always just go into my own little cocoon and write, and I surround myself with as much music as possible.
The fact is, it seems, that the most you can hope is to be a little less, in the end, the creature you were in the beginning, and the middle.
I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now.
You spend very little time in the present moment. Reality exists only in the present moment. Therefore you spend very little time in reality.
One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.
The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take on a life of their own.
When you have a little bit more of a threat, I guess you just have a better sense of urgency, and for me that's when the best comes out in me
Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.
When I went from girl body to woman body and all of a sudden I had tits and hips and a little tummy and natural fat in places, I freaked out.
I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
It is the little writer rather than the great writer who seems never to quote, and the reason is that he is never really doing anything else.
Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray.
Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.
To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.
When I was little, that was one thing that I was told in a vision: I was going to have my own show when I grew up. And it's going to be funny.
[E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom.
There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say.
I love that ["Big Little Lies"] is about women coming together and making something happen very quickly, with friendship being the core of it.
Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little.
All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.
Ive been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.
There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.
I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things and never shuts up.
While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.
I would frankly be shocked if Donald Trump even knows how to use chopsticks or is even able to manipulate them with those tiny little fingers.
Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do.