John Locke Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I love doing serious movies for adults.
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I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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I'm not from that world where you get on your feet and somebody gives you a suggestion and you improv your way through things.
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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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Judges can bring their own biases about sexuality in the courtroom, causing victims untold pain in the telling and retailing of their stories.
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The chief art of learning is to attempt but a little at a time.
