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These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth. ↗

— William John Wills

#freely #given #pervert #powers #rare

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. ↗

— John Woolman

#chiefly #could #indians #lodged #meet

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing. ↗

— Judith Wright

#barely #creative #deeply #empty #engaged

We were on welfare when we were kids. Thanks for reminding me of that. ↗

— Louie Anderson

#me #reminding #thanks #welfare #were

When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#came #disc #first #friends #grade

My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#best #embarrassing #everything #hugely #i

I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#i #like #me #people #thought

I have stayed true to that first idea that people can have a day in their lives that is very important and if they can reconnect with that day, reconnect with the people they were then, they can suddenly revive their emotions. ↗

— Victoria Wood

#emotions #first #i #idea #important

If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#going #making #might #place #poetry

Well, no, I didn't because I didn't even know the nominations were coming out. I gotta say, it wasn't even on my radar. I hadn't... I hadn't even thought about it. ↗

— Will Arnett

#because #coming #even #gotta #hadn