John Muir Quotes
No portion of the world is so barren as not to yield a rich and precious harvest of divine truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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One needs to live every day according to God's commandments. And then any kind of difficulty or unpleasantness will be manageable.
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I'm a citizen of the world.
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If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.
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The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.
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You can tell when a writer moves out of a place of struggle and into a place of comfort, and it's always a bad thing.
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Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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No portion of the world is so barren as not to yield a rich and precious harvest of divine truth.
