Philip James Bailey Quotes
Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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Before someone can change his ideas, he has to open his heart.
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We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.
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There are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country - drawing welfare benefits, sending their children to public schools, and pushing down wages for American workers - but the problem extends well beyond amnesty and open borders.
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Lying is the rule, not the exception.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.
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Three minutes' thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.
