Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
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A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
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By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race, I would go above and beyond. I was desperate to belong to something. That was my drive as a teenager.
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We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.
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I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom.
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Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
