James E. Faust Quotes
As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
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I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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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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I do think one should have clean feet.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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He felt that sense of being necessary which is the burden and reward of parenthood.
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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
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There is still a perception that the way women are isn't necessarily what you need for the powerhouse start-ups.
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When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.
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I've always tried to live in the future and think about things and how to make things better. If you have great-grandchildren around, and their pictures are looking at you, well, that's the future.
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As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour.
