Heber J. Grant Quotes
I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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That's the reality of my life - I do normal things and then get to go to film festivals and wear borrowed clothes and turn up at premieres and talk about things I am passionate about. But then you click back to normality and your family and friends.
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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
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But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.
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I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
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Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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Going to the Oscars is always the most sensory overload and a huge amount of fun.
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I'm out of my mind! Somebody told me that a long time ago. Some idiot! laughs … In a dream. I don't want to think about dreams now.
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Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.
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Ginger: Oh, jeez. Well, uh... maybe you should talk to someone.Cynthia: I thought I was.
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Fiction is most powerful when it contains most truth; and there is little truth we get so true as that which we find in fiction.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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A romantic novel is an adult fairy story, repeating the recurring symbols and images which can explain life to a woman and satisfy a powerful need within her. The need to love and be loved is vital to all human beings, but especially to women.
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One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.
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I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.
