Walter Scott Quotes
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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The only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands of the police. This is ridiculous.
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Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I think in high school and college, you don't really know what your routine is going to be; you're still trying to come up with it.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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He went to every fund-raising meeting vouching for a first-time feature director and first-time screenwriter. It was Phil who said, 'I believe in them; you need to trust me.
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Passive resistance seeks to rejoin politics and religion and to test all our actions in the light of ethical principles.
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As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.
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The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed. The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes.
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I have read somewhere that in the Emperor's palace at Byzantium was a tree made of gold and silver, and artificial birds that sang.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
