George Ripley Quotes
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I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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I am really easy to scare, and I don't enjoy watching spooky films.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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The keener the want the lustier the growth.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.
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I've been caught in parachute pants. And on my high school yearbook, they used the wrong picture. They were supposed to use the picture of me with a nice suit on. They used me with my collar flipped up, in a fuchsia and white striped shirt. I blame Prince and Michael Jackson in the Eighties for that.
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I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.
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The goal can never be reached unless a man makes his mind strong, and firmly resolves that he must realise God in this very birth, nay, this very moment.
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There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage, and if we choose to call the former a pure machine we must be prepared to admit that it is, beyond all comparison, the most wonderful of the inventions of mankind.
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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
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While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus.
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I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.
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And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.
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The body is the substance of the stone.
