John Wanamaker Quotes
Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
John Wanamaker
Quotes to Explore
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
Edna Ferber
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
Adam Gopnik
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Salmon P. Chase
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Pave your own path and be fearless.
Adam Draper
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I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
Carl Sandburg
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
Nadia Comaneci
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I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.
Saad Hariri
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I realized that I've had a really rocky relationship with food - it has not been a gauzy, beautiful summer of ripe melons and perfectly buttered toast.
Kate Christensen
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If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
Randy Pausch
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Like 'real', 'free' is only used to rule out the suggestion of some or all of its recognized antitheses. As 'truth' is not a name of a characteristic of assertions, so 'freedom' is not a name for a characteristic of actions, but the name of a dimension in which actions are assessed.
J. L. Austin
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Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
Mahatma Gandhi
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'It is clear that God is saying, 'I gave man dominion over the earth, but he lost it. Now I desire mature sons and daughters who will in My name exercise dominion over the earth and subdue Satan, the unruly, the rebellious. Take back My world from those who would loot it and abuse it. Rule as I would rule.'' - The Secret Kingdom
Pat Robertson
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Otherwise, all I remember of the denizens of the Nocturama is that several of them had strikingly large eyes, and the fixed inquiring gaze found in certain painters and philosophers who seek to penetrate the darkness which surrounds us purely by means of looking and thinking.
W. G. Sebald
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From a counter-intelligence viewpoint, the OPM breach is really scary - but if we continue to see the erosion of purely commercial enterprises, where people lose confidence, the economy falters.
Valerie Plame
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I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and the snow falling and that silence, that snow silence. That's, like, a very peaceful, happy place for me.
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
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What exactly is trade facilitation? In a nutshell, it is an effort to enable global trade by reducing red tape and streamline customs. In even simpler words: making it easier for companies to trade across borders.
Arancha Gonzalez
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People are just dumb. They misunderstand.
Garry Winogrand
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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
John Wanamaker