John Locke Quotes
Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
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There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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Keyless entry in a car is something that we're used to. Somehow, the home has been very resistant to this. Some of it has to do with security, but today we know that technology, when things are invisible, is actually safer than physical artifacts.
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Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
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I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.
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Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.
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I want to make as much of a contribution as I can, to Harvard, to higher education and hopefully, to education around the world.
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I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, - mettle and bottom.
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Our worst instincts as human beings have to do with our carelessness with natural resources, and when the body itself becomes just one more of those resources, how will we treat it? Will we treat it with such indifference and with such depersonalization that it becomes more like a very fancy car than a repository of the self?
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I value my friends.
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Direct flights facilitate business. They facilitate business-to-business collaborations. I think anything that makes it easier to bring two areas together is a significant benefit to deepening relations and connections.
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Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.
