George Aiken Quotes
People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
George Aiken
Quotes to Explore
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
Basil Bunting
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'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it's its own landlord, it owns the building, it's everything. And it's so separate from what R. Kelly does; that's the great thing about it.
R. Kelly
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
Caitlin Doughty
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
J. August Richards
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
Hans Kung
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
M. Russell Ballard
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
Taylor Sheridan
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
Rachel Field
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I still have a young attitude.
Pat Morita
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Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
Warren Beatty
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
Orison Swett Marden
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Use some reverence. Remember what he was only a minute ago. You wouldn't have dared laid a hand on him.
P. D. James
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A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.
John T. Chambers
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For me, what fun means is finding novelty in the suffocating familiarity of ordinary life.
Ian Bogost
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I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi. It was really all I read - anything from 'Dragonlance,' when I was 12, to 'The Wheel of Time' and Robert Jordan stuff, to George R.R. Martin, who did 'Game of Thrones.'
Kris Holden-Ried
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There is a lot of work to be done to make sure our leaders reflect the people they are supposed to represent. The more diverse a group of decision makers is, the more informed the decision will be. Until we achieve full representation, we all should understand we are falling short of the ideals of our country.
Kamala Harris
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People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
George Aiken
