Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Quotes
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
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In domestic life, the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven values for mythological ones. She 'wants' to be at home, and because she is a woman, she's allowed to want it. This desire is her mystique, it is both what enables her to domesticate herself and what disempowers her.
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It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.
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We won't be in any reggae publications or websites.
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The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.
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I think that what computers have done is just disastrous to the language.
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Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
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I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
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But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.
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You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.
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In the 17 years since I graduated from this great College of Law, I have seen that, for many of us, it becomes increasingly easy to rationalize our actions in the name of expediency when facing difficult decisions-to choose a path where the ends justify the means. I want to ask you to challenge Machiavelli's philosophy. I want to humbly suggest that you be the guardians of a more complicated truth: that the means are as important-and sometimes even more important-than the ends.
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Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.
