Bill Vaughan Quotes
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.
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We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.
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In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
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I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty.
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One thing I do understand is that people get scared when I start thinking out loud.
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All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
