George Pierce Baker Quotes
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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We were descended from royalty.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
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How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?
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The judgment: You are now before Yama, King of the Dead. In vain will you try to...deny or conceal the evil deeds you have done. ... the mirror in which Yama seems to read your past is your own memory, and also his judgment is your own. It is you yourself who pronounce your own judgment.
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Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions. Once you know the truth, you can set about taking action to improve. Everyone will be better for it.
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Gadhafi was a monster who ruled his country for 42 years with an iron fist and became an international pariah as a result. However, he found religion once he recognized his perilous position when the U.S. adopted an uncompromising response to international terrorism following 9/11.
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Adults under threat feel like children.
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Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.
