John Wilkins Quotes
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
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It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.
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I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
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If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to dump stuff. The interest payments would be killing me.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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Our duty is to be patient.
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
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The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
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The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
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Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.
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I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
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What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.
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Progress in general seems to hold little interest for people who call themselves 'progressives.' What arouses them are denunciations of social failures and accusations of wrong-doing.
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The trouble with a lot of music in this country is the radio stations. Modern rock - it's SUCH a stale format. As far as I can work out, and as far as we can work out as a band, the music put on these stations... It's not for the people. It's to satisfy the advertisers. It's completely reactive as opposed to proactive.
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Mackerel is sustainable and healthy.
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Nothing is properly one's duty but what is also one's interest.