W. Clement Stone Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I think any time you have a super team, whether it's all men or all women or both, what you have are people with very unique strengths that aren't always totally compatible.
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We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
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We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.
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As a former EPA administrator under a Republican president, I recognize that it is easy to hate regulations in general. After all, regulatory action causes people to spend money or change behavior, often to solve problems they do not believe exist.
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Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better.
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Is almost a good enough reason for fear?
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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
