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Heart Quotes

"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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"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"

Dorothy Day, American Activist

Heart, Challenge, Day, Revolution

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"You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart."

"You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart."

Russell Baker, American Journalist

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"When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart."

"When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart."

John Bunyan, English Clergyman

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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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"I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book."

"I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

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"It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur."

"It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur."

Gilbert Parker, British Politician

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"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Heart, Performance, Energy, Play

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"The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart."

"The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart."

Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader

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"On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years."

"On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years."

Judith Krantz, American Novelist

Heart, May, Wrong, Years

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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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"Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell."

"Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell."

Wilkie Collins, English Novelist

Heart, Virtue, May

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"The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."

"The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Heart, Evil, Man

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"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

Moliere, French Playwright

Heart, Integrity

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"Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there."

"Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there."

David Friedman, American Actor

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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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"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first."

"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Heart, First, Hearing

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"The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime."

"The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

Heart, Crime, Rules

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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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"How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start, When memory plays an old tune on the heart."

"How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start, When memory plays an old tune on the heart."

Eliza Cook, English Poet

Heart, Memory, Old

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"I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able."

"I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able."

Charles Perrault, French Author

Heart, May, World

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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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"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."

"A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others."

"The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others."

Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman

Heart, Cruelty, Poor, Respect

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"No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline."

"No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Heart, Discipline, Evil, May

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"Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk."

"Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

Heart, Jazz, Play, Risk

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"I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman's mind to be more like my own than any other man's living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession."

"I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman's mind to be more like my own than any other man's living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession."

Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Poet

Heart, Confession, Living, Man

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"Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart."

"Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

Heart, Growing up

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"The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart."

"The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Heart, Progress, Literature, Study

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"Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset."

"Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

Heart, Selling, Country, Folk

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"There is in every true 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 true 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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"I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing."

"I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

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"When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks."

"When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks."

Patricia Neal, American Actress

Heart, Strength

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"If you cut off your arm instead of going 'spurt, spurt, spurt' wouldn't it, like, go nuts? Or would it go with the beat of your heart?"

"If you cut off your arm instead of going 'spurt, spurt, spurt' wouldn't it, like, go nuts? Or would it go with the beat of your heart?"

Elijah Wood, American Actor

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"I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo."

"I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

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"Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart."

"Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart."

Robert South, English Clergyman

Heart, Loquacity, Modesty, Storms

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"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it."

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

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"If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."

"If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled."

Red Skelton, American Comedian

Heart, Purpose, Chance, Day

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"A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!"

"A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!"

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Heart, Man, Woman, World

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"Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood."

"Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood."

Elizabeth Ashley, American Actress

Heart, Absence, Blood

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"Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself."

"Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself."

William Dean Howells, American Author

Heart, Inequality, Liberty

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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 only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity."

"The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity."

Philip Sidney, English Soldier

Heart, Credulity

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"Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart."

"Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Heart, Effect, Laughter, May

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"The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy."

"The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved."

"Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved."

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian Poet

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"There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest."

"There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest."

Bugs Baer, American Journalist

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"Springfield has always had a place in my heart."

"Springfield has always had a place in my heart."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

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"What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said."

"What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Heart, May, Wounds

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