W. Clement Stone Quotes
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place.
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I have a ton of guy friends who talk to me about their bodies, too. But boys are often left out of the body positivity conversation.
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My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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A man should never neglect his family for business.
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When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
