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East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.

St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.

Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard and sonorous.

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the enemy of that which, above all else, has given, and still gives him, aid and comfort.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

Democrats' definition of "rich" - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.

Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

People think I've got a problem with the press. Actually I have no problem with the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there.

Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.