James Whitcomb Riley Quotes
It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.
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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
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The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
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Tonight, I want to say to every member of the democratic party, who believes in limited government, in personal opportunity and the united States constitution, and a safe and secure America, come home. To the Reagan Democrats, your party has left you. And the Republican party wants you, we welcome you back.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
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Laissez dire les sots: le savoir a son prix.
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And, Joey, if you ever want to know about the japonicas and the daisy fields it will be alright that you have forgotten because I will be able to tell you about how it felt to be feeling that way you cannot quite remember – that will be for the time when something happens years from now that reminds you of now.
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I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.
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Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.
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It's probably cliche to say this, but in my experience, people are far more alike than they are dissimilar.
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It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.
