Jerry West Quotes
Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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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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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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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 became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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I have been struck by the pervasive frequency of pompously patriotic ads for the defense industry, usually accompanied by deferential salutations to our men and women who are heroically sacrificing their lives in our defense. Do we really need all of that for our security?
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I loved magic, and so I would practice my magic tricks in front of a mirror for hours and hours and hours because I was told that you must practice, you must practice and never present a trick before it's ready.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me.
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Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
