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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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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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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Up on that stage, my personality changes. I put everything behind me when I perform. My problems don't belong to my fans. I don't put a burden on my audience. I give them 100 percent of my energy.
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We do not see rightly until we learn to eliminate what we expect or wish to see from what we really see.
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I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet.
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Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.
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I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you're not going to talk pitches for three hours.
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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.
