Bill Vaughan Quotes
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
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These are days you'll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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All books grow homilies by time; they are Temples, at once, and Landmarks.
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In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.
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Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he go away... a bigger fool than when he came to it.
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There are people in many other states who are cheering us.
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When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
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The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, 'tis but a hookless bait.
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The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
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The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
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In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.
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Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.
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You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.
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Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.
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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. One must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
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I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper ending a war when we did not win it.