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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People need to realise that their governments are sitting on finite resources that will run out one day. Subsidising power and water is not an ideal solution and does not help reduce consumption. We need to educate people, from a young age, about the importance of conserving energy in their daily lives.
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We should be building more nuclear today.
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We must learn to lean upon ourselves; we must learn to plan and execute business enterprises of our own; we must learn to venture our pennies if we would gain dollars.
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Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, they disproportionately benefit wealthier Americans.
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The body is the substance of the stone.
