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Heart Quotes

"When I die India will be found engraved on my heart."

"When I die India will be found engraved on my heart."

Queen Mary, British Royalty

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"No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin."

"No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

Heart, Deep, Hatred, Party

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"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart."

"Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart."

Mort Walker, American Artist

Heart, Laughter

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"No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved."

"No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved."

John Knox, Scottish Clergyman

Heart, Gods, Man, World

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"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."

"Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks."

Joe Paterno, American Coach

Heart, Discipline, Confidence, Key

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"I really create everything I do from the heart."

"I really create everything I do from the heart."

Kenny G, American Musician

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"Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective."

"Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective."

John Buchan, Scottish Politician

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"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."

"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."

Antonia Fraser, British Author

Heart, Biography

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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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"And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya!"

"And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya!"

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

Heart, Act, Contempt, Court

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"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."

"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."

Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher

Heart, First, World

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"That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart."

"That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Heart, Man, Old

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"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Heart, Eyes, Will

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"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."

"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Heart, Act, First, Sense

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"She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right."

"She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

Heart, Friend, Act, Man

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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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"Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?"

"Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?"

Pablo Casals, Spanish Musician

Heart, Cunning, Machines, Man

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"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

Washington Irving, American Writer

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"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?"

"Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?"

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Heart, Adventure, Day, Man

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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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"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."

"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

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"My heart is like a singing bird."

"My heart is like a singing bird."

Christina Rossetti, British Poet

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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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"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink."

"Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

Heart, Aphorisms, Blood, Epigrams

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"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

Heart, Children, Southafrican

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"Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography."

"Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Heart, Geography, Man

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"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Heart, Charity, Christmas, Fire

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"Come live in my heart, and pay no rent."

"Come live in my heart, and pay no rent."

Samuel Lover, Irish Artist

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"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."

"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Heart, Day, Will

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"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart."

"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart."

Theodore Parker, American Theologian

Heart, Wealth, Want

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"The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart."

"The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart."

Norman Parkinson, English Photographer

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"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."

"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Heart, Language

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"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

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"A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again."

"A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again."

Laurel Lee, American Author

Heart, Thoughts, Pain, Play

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"No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart."

"No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Heart, Manners, Want

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"Listen to advice, but follow your heart."

"Listen to advice, but follow your heart."

Conway Twitty, American Musician

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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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"I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing."

"I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

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"If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?"

"If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?"

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

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"I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh."

"I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

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"I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs."

"I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Heart, Blood, Constitution, Dying

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"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

"The day breaks not, it is my heart."

John Donne, British Poet

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"It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective."

"It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

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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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"This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted."

"This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted."

Juvenal, Roman Poet

Heart, First, Man, Punishment

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