Heather Wilson Quotes
Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.
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The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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There is something so fun about scaring yourself.
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Republicans who oppose Obamacare have a responsibility to show that they can do better - not return us to the days when insurance companies alone decided who to cover for what benefits at what price. Otherwise, they should move beyond the repeal fights of the past, accept Obamacare as the law of the land, and work with us to make real improvements.
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I didn't think it would be this big. It must have been a slow news day.
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The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it in your blood, not in the head.
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The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.
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Nature Cure is so simple easy and cheap.....this system of treatment should be used.
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That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.
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What's the use of dying in a ward surrounded by a lot of groaning and croaking incurables? Wouldn't it be much better to throw a party with that twenty-seven thousand and take poison and depart for the other world to the sound of violins, surrounded by lovely drunken girls and happy friends?
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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
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When you're working with friends, I think there's a certain sensibility that you share, and it's easy to coordinate your ideas and work together to bring them in a cohesive way.
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Though I did not know the place, I set out for the land of my dreams. Having arrived at the land of my dreams, I found I did not know the place
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I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature.
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Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.
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Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.
