John Sheffield Quotes
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
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It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that tells you what reform measures you should follow and in what sequence.
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I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.
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You can't force chemistry. It's either there or it's not. You can't create it.
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If you're going to America, bring your own food.
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The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.
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It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.
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Kids don't hesitate to ask questions. And it's a great honor to have the kids say, 'Your books have made me trust you.'
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
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One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
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You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.
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A many-colored light flows from our sun; Art, 'neath its beams a motley thread has spun; The prison modifies the perfect day; But thou hast known such mediums to shun, And cast once more on life a pure white ray. Absorbed in the creations of thy mind, Forgetting daily self, my truest friend I find.
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Not an inch of the land belongs to you, but every inch could easily imprison you.
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Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one.
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We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess.
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In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.
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Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
