L. Frank Baum Quotes
His father thought he had a wond'rous wise look when he was born, and so he named him Solomon, thinking that if indeed he turned out to be wise the name would fit him nicely, whereas, should he be mistaken, and the boy grow up stupid, his name could be easily changed to Simon.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.
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If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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When I'm on the set, I'll come up with ideas if I'm sort of just between responsibilities, because there's a lot of sitting around on set. Invariably, though, the stuff I come up with on the set tends to be bad.
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I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.
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There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error
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His father thought he had a wond'rous wise look when he was born, and so he named him Solomon, thinking that if indeed he turned out to be wise the name would fit him nicely, whereas, should he be mistaken, and the boy grow up stupid, his name could be easily changed to Simon.
