Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
For here lies the pleasure of living: In taking God's bounties, and giving The gifts back again.
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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You can't change the market; the market just is.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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There's milk-and-cookies Grandma, and there's Colt 45 and Atlantic City Grandma. She was the latter.
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I have got no problem with used games. I've bought plenty of used games.
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All that you are attached to, all that you love, all that you know, someday will be gone. Knowing this, and that the world is your mind which you create, play in, and suffer from, is known as discrimination. Discriminate between the Real and the Unreal, the known is unreal and will come and go so stay with the Unknown, the Unchanging, the Truth.
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In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.
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For here lies the pleasure of living: In taking God's bounties, and giving The gifts back again.
