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Heart Quotes

"The heart is the only broken instrument that works."

"The heart is the only broken instrument that works."

T. E. Kalem, American Critic

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"I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect."

"I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect."

Steve Earle, American Musician

Heart, Criticism, Respect, Writers

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"A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head."

"A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

Heart, Man, Old

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"Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart."

"Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart."

"An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Heart, First, Praise

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"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

Sam Rayburn, American Politician

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"Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers."

"Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers."

Tecumseh, American Leader

Heart, Body, Country, Fathers

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"Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?"

"Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?"

George Sand, French Novelist

Heart, Blush, Joy, Reason

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"You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart."

"You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

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"I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart."

"I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart."

Max Weinberg, American Musician

Heart, Acting, Comedy, Fun

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"I'm really a romantic at heart."

"I'm really a romantic at heart."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

Heart, Romantic

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"We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart."

"We are losing our superstars like Johnny and June Carter Cash and that breaks my heart."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

Heart, June, Losing

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"Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now."

"Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

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"I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure."

"I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure."

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

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"They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings."

"They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings."

John Ford, English Dramatist

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"How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart."

"How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart."

Robert Mondavi, American Businessman

Heart, Giving, Goodness

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"Don't talk - keep it in your heart."

"Don't talk - keep it in your heart."

Duke Kahanamoku, American Athlete

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"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

"Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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"Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil."

"Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil."

Charles Simmons, American Author

Heart, Evil, Mind, Open

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"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Heart, Old, Spirit

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"I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart."

"I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

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"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."

"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

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"I grew up in the heart of the Depression."

"I grew up in the heart of the Depression."

Bob Cousy, American Athlete

Heart, Depression

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"Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart."

"Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Heart, Strength, Wishes

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"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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"Kermit was the Everyman, the original Tom Hanks, but I have a special place in my heart for Fozzie Bear. The classic borderline hacky entertainer."

"Kermit was the Everyman, the original Tom Hanks, but I have a special place in my heart for Fozzie Bear. The classic borderline hacky entertainer."

Jason Segel, American Actor

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"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

"In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

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"My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell Motor Oil's oil products. I really put my heart into it - I wrote a script for it, I did a lot of research."

"My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell Motor Oil's oil products. I really put my heart into it - I wrote a script for it, I did a lot of research."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

Heart, Film, First, Job

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"One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart."

"One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart."

John Dewey, American Philosopher

Heart, Conscience, Deeds, Intentions

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"I will never have a heart attack. I give them."

"I will never have a heart attack. I give them."

George Steinbrenner, American Businessman

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"A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover."

"A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover."

Ninon de Lenclos, French Celebrity

Heart, HusbHeart, Woman

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"There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

"There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Heart, Adversity, Fire, Lies

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"Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me."

"Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me."

Claude Nicollier, American Astronaut

Heart, Privilege

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"If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart."

"If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart."

Chris Evert, American Athlete

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"So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes."

"So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes."

Mika Waltari, Finnish Author

Heart, Eyes, Man, Will

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"The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart."

"The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart."

Dan Gable, American Athlete

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"In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable."

"In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

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"No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart."

"No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

Heart, Despair, May, Military

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"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

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"Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done."

"Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

Heart, Character, Cancer

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"A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover."

"A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover."

Ninon de Lenclos, French Celebrity

Heart, HusbHeart, Woman

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"What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation."

"What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation."

Gale Norton, American Public Servant

Heart, Conservation

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"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

Louis Nizer, English Lawyer

Heart, Artist, Man

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"I acted my heart out."

"I acted my heart out."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

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"Have a strong mind and a soft heart."

"Have a strong mind and a soft heart."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

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"It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart."

"It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

Heart, Act, Spirit

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"No man with a touch of heart disease should ever back his mounts."

"No man with a touch of heart disease should ever back his mounts."

Isaac Murphy, American Politician

Heart, Disease, Man

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"I feel perhaps my heart is still in China."

"I feel perhaps my heart is still in China."

Jung Chang, British Writer

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"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."

"The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union."

"We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union."

Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Statesman

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