John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain.
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As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don't wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.
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We have done a lot of work on cost reduction, getting ourselves lean, reducing our breakeven, reducing our fixed cost and increasing exports. All of these factors help because our export basket is not just automotive but also includes industrial products, railways and others.
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It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the first mass-market PCs.
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I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've always been a character actor and done a lot of support work. I've never really been the lead actor, so I'll try and use what I've learned along the way from the other projects.
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I listen to older music like AC/DC.
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A good cookout ought to last at least six hours; if you haven't eaten and gotten full and gotten hungry and eaten again, you're doing something wrong.
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If you constantly pound your muscles, they'll never have time to repair.
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Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.
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The university, vanguard of our struggling people, cannot become a backward element, but it would become so if the university did not incorporate itself into the great plans of the Revolution.
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Every now and then, markets behave like schoolchildren. They overreact, they run around like crazy.
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In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes we can.
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If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain.
