George H. W. Bush Quotes
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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It is always the unreadable that occurs.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
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I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going.
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I like Joe Sakic. Coming out of Buffalo, I obviously like Alexander Mogliny, Pat LaFontaine. Hasek is up there. Miroslav Satan. Whoever seemed to be a good player at the time I'd watch. Jagr too. I tried to learn a lot from those guys.
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In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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Women are over 50 percent of the population.
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I have a lot of artists who I just love to hear their music, and I'm a fan of them.
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Adam named the living animals, MaddAddam names the dead ones.
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Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified? Was the majority right when they refused to believe that the earth moved around the sun and let Galileo be driven to his knees like a dog? It takes fifty years for the majority to be right. The majority is never right until it does right.
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Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.
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My parents weren't religious at all. I remember the first time I heard about Jesus was at school.
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I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.
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Entrepreneurs need to recognize that, especially in the digital domain, they are unlikely to come up with something that is going to be permanently on top, that impermanence and ephemerality is the nature of the beast.
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Losing is tough.
