Isaac Slade (Isaac Edward Slade) Quotes
I can't really speak for the guys, but for me, I think I want a build a longer-term career and I feel like we've been really fortunate to have some big success with a few things, but I want smaller success with more things.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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I think they do a great job on Queer as Folk.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.
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Never wear plaid.
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True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.
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The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.
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Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted.
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The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.
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I can't really speak for the guys, but for me, I think I want a build a longer-term career and I feel like we've been really fortunate to have some big success with a few things, but I want smaller success with more things.
