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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I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It was a great way to explore and investigate social sculptures. Having that as my kind of studio, outside of a museum or precious white-cube gallery, that was a kind of education.
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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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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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Man is an eternal sophomore.
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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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Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.
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I still have dreams in which someone is coming to the door.
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Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best.
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The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.
