Heber J. Grant Quotes
Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.
Quotes to Explore
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.
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It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, dry, bald and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
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Intelligent investment is more a matter of mental approach than it is of technique. A sound mental approach toward stock fluctuations is the touchstone of all successful investment under present-day conditions.
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You can act, or you can't. I'm sure a lot of people who are serious about acting would disagree, but I'm not really worried about them.
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My parents are pretty open-minded.
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I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the ruler of the Mongol empire, the trading place that everybody wanted to get involved in.
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I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.
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The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. It is at that level, and at no other, that she ought to begin to think about the world situation.
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The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population.
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I think everybody can be as fit as they can be for their particular body if they work out and eat healthily.
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I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.
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Even up here on Vancouver on the weekends, I go work out in a studio space.
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How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.
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I'm a huge fan of Greta Gerwig, and working with her was also a dream come true. She was one of those directors who, when people asked me, 'Who do you wanna work with one day?' I'd say Greta Gerwig. I've always been a fan of mumblecore and her films, and so to work with her was just so much fun.
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I was not paying attention during physics in high school; I was wondering if I was going to be cast in 'Pippin.'
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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Great works of the imagination are not produced quickly nor do they take quick effect on the popular mind.
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Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.
