Philip Gilbert Hamerton Quotes
In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I would not say I'm an aggressive shopper. I want to be; I aspire to be an aggressive shopper. I am a meek, meek shopper.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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The 'Dangerous' album has producers like Tiny, who to me is very special. Also, Luny Tunes, Nesty La Mente Maestra, Nelly La Arma Secreta, Haze, and El Ingeniero. I wanted to use everyone who makes music in Puerto Rico and beyond to have variety.
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I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
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Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment.
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When the task we give ourselves has the urgency of passion, there's nothing that can keep us from completing it.
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Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.
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In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.
