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Small: Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot thats in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reapi
"Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize"
John Stuart Blackie, Writer
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Small: Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station
"Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station"
Robbie Coltrane, Actor
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Small: Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter
"Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter"
William Allan, Artist
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Small: So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didnt want to use big p
"So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords everywhere. All of the songs are built up of small melodies and counter melodies all played very rhythmically"
Midge Ure, Musician
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Small: I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmos
"I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last"
Midge Ure, Musician
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Small: The pride of life hath corrupted the judgment of others, and perverted them in the way of religion
"The pride of life hath corrupted the judgment of others, and perverted them in the way of religion"
George Gillespie, Theologian
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Small: In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted
"In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked"
Dennis Nilsen, Criminal
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Small: I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this
"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk"
Craig Ferguson, Comedian
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Small: We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy
"We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy"
R. D. Laing, Psychologist
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Small: True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not bein
"True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is"
R. D. Laing, Psychologist
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Small: Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man
"Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man"
Theodore Martin, Poet
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Small: The marketers can compete with free it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you dont believe me
"The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me"
Jonathan Potter, Psychologist
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Small: If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will th
"If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!"
James Connolly, Politician
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Small: I didnt want to be anyone else
"I didn't want to be anyone else"
Gordon Waller, Musician
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Small: Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences
"Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences"
Gordon Waller, Musician
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Small: All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start be
"All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal"
Deborah Kerr, Actress
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Small: We meet a lot of people, we drink lots of stuff and have lots of fun
"We meet a lot of people, we drink lots of stuff and have lots of fun"
Bon Scott, Musician
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Small: All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll
"All the songs we do are basically about one of three things: booze, sex or rock n roll"
Bon Scott, Musician
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Small: Just knock hell out of it with your right hand
"Just knock hell out of it with your right hand"
Tommy Armour, Athlete
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Small: Im the blackest villain of all time
"I'm the blackest villain of all time"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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Small: But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the middle wi
"But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the middle with number Three, but I didn't realize he would move in with quite such a bang"
Ian McDiarmid, Actor
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Small: The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest c
"The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny"
Robert Dale Owen, Politician
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Small: It is idle to await unanimity
"It is idle to await unanimity"
Robert Dale Owen, Politician
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Small: It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage
"It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage"
Robert Dale Owen, Politician
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Small: In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act,
"In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man"
Robert Dale Owen, Politician
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Small: If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted if, when a great measure suggeste
"If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?"
Robert Dale Owen, Politician
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Small: Ive already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because
"I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans"
Robbie Coltrane, Actor
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Small: I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train
"I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train"
Robbie Coltrane, Actor
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Small: Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole and
"Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power"
Patrick Geddes, Scientist
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Small: See, what youre meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, arent you? Well, Ive always had
"See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work"
Robbie Coltrane, Actor
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Small: I dont find offensive that Im being labelled a babe by blokes. Im absolutely flattered
"I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered"
Kirsty Gallacher, Entertainer
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Small: The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think theyre the Warren Commission
"The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission"
Ken MacLeod, Writer
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Small: An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an indepen
"An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him"
William Minto, Writer
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Small: You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure peoples bodies and minds are healthy an
"You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: Its definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing whi
"It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I think its a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually d
"I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I couldnt feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend cant even pay her heating bi
"I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed"
Shirley Manson, Musician
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Small: I stood there amazed. I found it all hard to believe, that I, Des Nilsen, had actually done all that
"I stood there amazed. I found it all hard to believe, that I, Des Nilsen, had actually done all that"
Dennis Nilsen, Criminal
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Small: Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to
"Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club"
Kenny Dalglish, Athlete
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Small: The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito... She always injects
"The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito... She always injects a small quantity of fluid with her bite - what if the parasites get into the system in this manner"
Ronald Ross, Scientist
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