James Stephens Quotes
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
Quotes to Explore
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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If you're keeping yourself in the bubble and only looking at your own data or only watching the TV that fits your agenda then it gets boring.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.
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This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to put out, be his motives never so humane and enlightened; To suppose otherwise is to countenance a death-wish; Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred, or intrinsically of no account; it is inconceivable that it should be in some cases the one, and in some the other.
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Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.
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I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.
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I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.
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To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
