Vernon A. Walters Quotes
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
Quotes to Explore
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In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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Water for me is so essential, like swimming.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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God invented love, and it is therefore perfect, and dogs are better at celebrating this perfection than we are. When in doubt as to how we should feel, we could do far worse than trying to live life like the dogs.
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Out of the tens of thousands of prosthetic legs they've made, there's never been any 400-meter athletes run under 50 seconds. So, if this was such a technologically advanced prosthetic leg, then how come not everyone's qualifying, or coming close to the qualification time, then?
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All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way.
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As I say to people, never say never.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
