Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.
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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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If the world is an objective reality that exists independently of us, then humans themselves, even in their own eyes, are nothing more than objects, and their life stories merely a series of disconnected historical accidents, which they may wonder at, but which they themselves have nothing to do with.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
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I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
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In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and have rescued many dogs. We've lived in the woods and sometimes have had as many as 70 sled dogs. Or had six or seven dogs living in the house. Dogs have saved my life on more than one occasion - and I mean that literally.
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Music... is... a core element of our species, an activity that paved the way for more complex behaviors such as language, large-scale cooperative undertakings, and the passing down of important information from one generation to the next.
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I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.
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One of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Many of the most important and life-changing moments of my life occurred when I was a young man. The lessons I learned then formed my character and shaped my destiny.
