Chuck Feeney Quotes
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
Quotes to Explore
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
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Education is the development of power and ideal.
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Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.
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I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I was growing up and getting more serious about acting, at that point, he was the biggest actor in the world.
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People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.
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A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.
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Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
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One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.
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The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm.
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I never wanted to do just one thing. There's even other things in comedy that I want to do. For me, it's always been that I have to have the vision first.
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If you want something done right, just forget it.
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During the last considerable epidemic at the turn of the century, I was a member of the Health Committee of London Borough Council, and I learned how the credit of vaccination is kept up statistically by diagnosing all the revaccinated cases (of smallpox) as pustular eczema, varioloid or what not---except smallpox.
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The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.
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It's harder to maintain that internet kind of fame. It requires daily work, as opposed to a movie star who can make a movie once every two years and stay in the public eye. I respect it.
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I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
