Charles William Eliot Quotes
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Life in California is beautiful.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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My hunger is always there.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
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It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.
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Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
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Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto.
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Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books.
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The blogs have been great and everything, but I think, for me, it's better to have a central place on the Internet for all my fans to go and show their friends my YouTube, Twitter, and social networking sites. To have that spread all on its own and have a central station to get everything Mac Miller.
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Hire extremely independent, intelligent, and passionate people, not necessarily "experts." Maybe three or four of my employees have MBAs, and those guys aren't necessarily at the top of the food chain.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.
