I feel so entirely in my element with a full orchestra; even if my mortal enemies were marshalled before me, I could lead them, master them, surround them, or repulse them.
Robert Schumann
Related I want to live my life carrying my memories with me. Even if those memories are painful, even if tho... MOMIJI SOHMA (FRUITS BASKET) In my talks to churches, the way I approach the topic, if asked what are my views on organ donation,... DALE FLOWERS If my performance touches someone or helps someone understand themselves a little better or gives th... ADELAIDE KANE I have five, six, seven things I do before those lines are in my brain. I say them like I'm a ro... JUAN PABLO DI PACE Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so ... IAN HART Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadil... IMMANUEL KANT I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so su... ADAM SILVERA I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemi... JOSé RIZAL I needed to lead my team. They were relying on me, and I had to win it for them. BARRY WILSON Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? ABRAHAM LINCOLN I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions. DANIEL PENNAC Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself. ANTONY TUDOR I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules sur... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I think I had been something of a nuisance. They thought if I had my hands full, I wouldn't bother t... EVELYN SHRIVER Two things fill the mind with renewed and increasing awe and reverence the more often and the more s... IMMANUEL KANT My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them ab... ANITA HILL No. Never. I have to try my best or I'll become worse and worse. Even if I can't make up with them. ... NATSUKI TAKAYA What could I do but go with them [Civil War soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patriot ... CLARA BARTON I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find th... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published. CAROLINE B. COONEY They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wa... JOYCE GRENFELL An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my comp... ROBERT SCHUMANN For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my... MORRIE SCHWARTZ It's awesome. I went and talked to them before my race, and then, after, I talked to them, too, and ... JAKE KLASSEN If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up i... JOHNNY DEPP I push away the memories, I push them away with tears, to push away my pain, so my longing heart cou... BASIL TONG (湯鈞庭 ベーゼル) Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by ly... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ABRAHAM LINCOLN Yeah, I wear them all the time, ... All my cupboards are full of them. DELTA GOODREM If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ I just wish there were more of them. I don't have to use them if I don't want to, and I'm thrilled t... JOE BRANCATELLI I just wish there were more of them, ... I don't have to use them if I don't want to, and I'm thrill... JOE BRANCATELLI I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evi... JOHNNY DEPP I've done all of them except for Oprah. My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I was... MATTHEW MCGRORY I train with my students instead of just showing them or watching them. BECKY HARRIS I push away the memories, I push them away with tears. So my longing heart could feel a moment of re... BASIL TONG (湯鈞庭 ベーゼル) Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle. NEMO NOX Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about ... RANI MUKERJI The happiest moments of my childhood were when my toys broke, because then I could destroy them with... ANDREW STANTON It's really tough, I know my teammates feel for me and I feel for them. My job now is to help them s... BRITTANI NICHOLS Silk scarves are my thing. I tie them to my handbag or thread them through belt loops or wear them i... MICHELLE DOCKERY It is more important to me that my students come out of my class believing 'This story is interestin... H.W. BRANDS As to my mouth, of all my features, I wish I could possess my mouth again, just as it had been befor... CLIVE BARKER I know my flaws before other people point them out to me. TAYLOR SWIFT That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them... DEREK LANDY I had a dream about you. We were ice fishing in my freezer. I caught a few cold beers, and you wonde... DORA J. AROD Some people ask me how I even get up in the morning. But I just tell them I love my kids. I get up f... ANNA ORTIZ Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? -Abraham Lincoln. ABRAHAM LINCOLN My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they w... JANE KRAKOWSKI There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ALEXANDRE AUGUSTE LEDRU-ROLLIN Most people believe that sharing the same flesh and blood, the same basic DNA structure, makes them ... ROBIN SACREDFIRE When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No ... PATCH ADAMS This is a special group. Every big game we won we were so happy for them. Right now, I don't feel ba... DALE CORBETT Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very... MADONNA But it just makes me tired even thinking about it. It reminds me of that feeling I had before I left... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves. ROY M. COHN Sometimes I don't even help people. I'm not able to do anything for them. But the fact that you sit ... DONNA MUIR I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in t... ALICE WATERS I felt if we could stay close, we could have a chance at the end. Once we got even with them, I felt... JOEY DAVID Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great de... E. O. WILSON Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies . . . I owe them a gre... EDWARD O. WILSON I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films th... MILA KUNIS I do not cash my checks nor even look at them. I just put them in the bank. ALDERMAN CHARLES I do not cash my checks nor even look at them. I just put them in the bank. ALDERMAN JOE CHARLES Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are curre... NEIL GAIMAN I just feel they know I can run. They've seen my speed. I want to showcase my arm and let them get t... VINCE YOUNG As soon as the words slip past my lips, I wish I could grab them with my hands and crush them in my ... BETH REVIS If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine ... BIBLE If I see my fans crying, I just want to give them a hug... and tell them I love them. AUSTIN MAHONE My characters are at their best, when I let them lead CATHERINE DORSETTE All of these white kids and teachers, who were so suspicious of me when I first arrived, had learned... SHERMAN ALEXIE I think that all of them must have lost their minds and have forgotten everything we were to each ot... PHILIPPA GREGORY I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seld... RALPH WALDO EMERSON The people ... took them out of the jail, beat them until they were unconscious and then burned them... ISIDRO RAMOS If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him. EDITH STEIN I like my hair long, and I love my bangs. I love them because I can pin them back or keep the fringe... CASSIE STEELE I do not fight with enemies, I try to help them and love them for their ignorance. DEBASISH MRIDHA Whatever your enemies like to indulge themselves in. You should offer them more of it & sit & watch ... WENNDIE BENSON I feel so proud. I got mad [at the players]. I was happy with them. I cursed them -- and they still ... OZZIE GUILLEN I knew my slider got them out before, and I was going to make them hit it. JEFF WEAVER I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them. HOLLY GOLDBERG SLOAN If only I could meet those humble servants of the Lord, O my Beloved. Meeting with them, my sorrows ... SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I... WILLIAM TYNDALE I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matt... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could... CHELY WRIGHT My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering t... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT I think my characters with my fingers, I think my characters with my guts. But when I say I think th... A. S. BYATT If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want th... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The two of them kept an eye open for every tree or temple we passed by, and turned to me for a react... ARAVIND ADIGA People like to build their own story about my life. I don't know if it makes them feel better, o... DRAKE I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it m... ASGHAR FARHADI I know that the last thing a book wants is to just sit around unread, serving as an element of inter... BARBARA EHRENREICH My goal is either make something out of them or use them as is, ... I don't believe in destroying th... JOHN GROSS I had that hole in me, that empty space. I could have lived my life with it, content enough. I wasn�... J.D. ROBB Conspiracies fascinate me. When I visited the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar before writing my first boo... ASHWIN SANGHI I told Coach that my mom and them were here. They got here late. I saw them come in and I had to do ... BRIAN KEMP It makes me feel good. I've always had animals as a child. If I had my way, I'd take them all home. CARRIE SCHMITT My goal was to see if I could get them to laugh a little bit. BRAD VON BERGEN I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures s... NAN GOLDIN
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