John Locke Quotes
Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.
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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
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Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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When I was a young man, barely 18, I discovered Jesus Christ as my personal saviour, and for six months I told my mother she was damned to hell. That wasn't much fun. I abandoned it.
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Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.
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One of the secrets of the universe was that our instincts were sometimes stronger than our minds. Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere.
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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.
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They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak out.
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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.
