Rudyard Kipling Quotes
Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
Quotes to Explore
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
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I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
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The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.
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If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister Act' movie, but I said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.' I literally said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.'
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Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.
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When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
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As an actor, I'm always critical watching others; it's just the nature of the beast. For me, any performance that doesn't cause my ego to say, 'I can do that' really signifies that it's spectacular.
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We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.
