John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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Compromise has a negative connotation.
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The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.
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It's through engagement with the world, and not separation from it, that something with meaning gets produced.
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When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
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If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
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Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.
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When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.
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We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.
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God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.
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Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it.
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Security, stability and prosperity will depend on the application of the multi-sum security principle that captures the multi-dimensional aspects of security and insists on the centrality of global justice for lasting security.
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These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
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A country can't love you. At most it may need you. It's much the same as people.
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One of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.
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I do think of this prize as the GFP prize, and I happen to fortunately be one of the people that goes along for the ride.
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Whether you call it radical jihadism or radical Islamism, I think they mean the same thing. I'm happy to say either.
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The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.
