James Bryant Conant Quotes
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.
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When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.
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Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.
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Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.
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There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.
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As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.
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You have to know why you get up every morning.
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I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
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CLUB - An assembly of good fellows, meeting under certain conditions.
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Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
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One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.
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Doesn't love show its face when it satisfies the need of the loved one, for the loved one's sake alone?
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Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.
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All that the historians give us are little oases in the desert of time, and we linger fondly in these, forgetting the vast tracks between one and another that were trodden by the weary generations of men.
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You know, people really want to hear about the issues.
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There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.
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When a Mormon knocks, they say, 'Can I teach you about Jesus Christ?' And if you say no, they'll say, 'Then how can I be of service to you?' So anybody who was smart would be like, 'You can take out my trash and mow my lawn.'
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Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.
