Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship with the leaders of our choir. We were recording when I was 15, so it wasn't like I had to wait until 25 to find out certain things.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
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The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.
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When it comes down to my brand, We the Best, we're about the people and whoever is passionate and in love the way I'm in love when it comes down to the headphones I'm promoting.
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It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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Life is continued work. It's constant learning. The whole concept of retirement I don't even buy into. We should constantly be working. Maybe not physically working, but we could be spiritually, emotionally working toward bettering ourselves and bettering the lives of others around us.
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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
