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'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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Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
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EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security.
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The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
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When I was in high school, we used to do 15-20 hours of dance per week, and then when you graduate, you don't have that much time on your hands anymore.
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I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.
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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.
