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• Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.

  William Shakespeare

  Prayer, Devil, Crosses

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Ambrose ECCLES (1805). “The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice ... With the Notes and Illustrations of Various Commentators, and Remarks by the Editor [A. Eccles].”, p.116

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• I almost die for food, and let me have it!

  William Shakespeare

  Eating, Dies

  William Shakespeare, Cynthia Marshall (2004). “As You Like It”, p.163, Cambridge University Press

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• Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Sleep, Fancy

  William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.298

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• What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Running, And Love, Woods

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• For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.

  Ovid

  Believe, May, Common

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• O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's observatory--whence the dell, In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell, May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep 'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.

  John Keats

  Rivers, Solitude, Foxgloves

  John Keats (2016). “Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems”, p.13, Michael O'Mara Books

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• There are hermit souls that live withdrawn In the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars that dwell apart, In a fellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths Where highways never ran,-- But let me live by the side of the road, And be a friend to man.

  Sam Walter Foss

  Stars, Men, Self

  "The House by the Side of the Road" l. 7 (1898)

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• Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by; They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish,--so am I; Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man.

  Sam Walter Foss

  Wise, Strong, Men

  Sam Walter Foss, “The House By The Side Of The Road”

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• Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress

  Wendell Phillips

  Caring, Care, Newspapers

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• Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

  Isaac Newton

  Thinking, Apples, Anvils

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• In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove, I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge. And when imperious Death Has quenched my flame of breath, Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above.

  Robert Underwood Johnson

  Rome, Flames, Faithful

  Robert Underwood Johnson (1908). “Poems”

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• Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have been which are there deposited. They are forever wearing out, and will be at least obliterated, unless they are continually refreshed and repaired.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Strong, Memories, Practice

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• Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.

  Max Ehrmann

  Despair, Overcoming, Each Day

  Max Ehrmann (2017). “The Desiderata of Happiness”, p.11, Souvenir Press Ltd

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• Lift up my eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars.

  Max Ehrmann

  Stars, Eye, Use

  Max Ehrmann, “'A Prayer'”

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• Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

  Max Ehrmann

  World, Path, Originality

  Max Ehrmann, “'A Prayer'”

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• Let me say that the credit belongs to the boys in the back rooms. It isn't the man who sits in the limelight like me who should have the praise.

  Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

  Boys, Men, Should Have

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• I'm clean, I've always been clean. But it never ends. It seems like every reporter from last season to this season has reported and opened up a new can of (expletive). And I haven't even been to spring training. At least let me get to spring training and (expletive) up before you crucify me.

  Barry Bonds

  Spring, Training, Lasts

  "Bonds goes back, forth / Stories differ about retiring" by Henry Schulman, www.sfgate.com. February 20, 2006.

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• Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they are well-mannered and they praise and flatter you.

  Anita Roddick

  People, Seductive, Earth

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• I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas, but my wife wouldn't let me.

  John Travolta

  Daughter, Son, Wife

  "'Hi honey, I'm home'". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2004.

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• I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting.

  Morris Graves

  Able, Painting, Conviction

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• Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent work as professional, and using the term amateur to convey the idea of immature productions and to excuse atrociously poor photographs.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Photography, Mistake, Ideas

  Alfred Stieglitz, Richard Whelan, Sarah Greenough (2000). “Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes”

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• The music business has let me touch a lot of people with my talent.

  Britney Spears

  People, Talent, Music Business

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• I am not saying I will vote against John Ashcroft because he is pro-life, .. But let me say if someone was nominated for attorney general who was vehemently pro choice -- who in his or her career spent decades trying to find ways to expand the law abortion at nine months would be perfectly legal -- wouldn't you be more upset and raise more of a voice than against a nominee who was simply pro-choice?.

  Charles Schumer

  Law, Careers, Voice

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• Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

  Ze Frank

  Thinking, Victory, Defeat

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• I am aware there are books that instruct you on how to manipulate the market, stocks and people... they might even help you get money. But, let me caution you... when there is no spiritual growth... there is no spiritual strength... there is no lasting happiness... and, there is no real or lasting wealth.

  Bob Proctor

  Spiritual, Real, Book

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