Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
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Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.
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I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'
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I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith.
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And for a very special group of people, we've provided their only job. I'm speaking of course of the disabled. They have stated they don't want a hand out just a hand. We are happy to give them one.
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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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In the age of cellphone cameras, everybody thinks of themselves as a tracker.
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Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
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I got intrigued by working in small theatres.
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I am dying to do an action movie. I can do my own stunts; I can do this.
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The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.
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Remember, a website is not a monolith that’s used by one type of people, it does not exist only for one reason. Your job is to figure out what are all of the reasons that it exists for and find the best source to measure it
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
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The fact that the ministerial conspiracy against liberty had risen from corruption was of the utmost importance to the colonists.
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The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
