H. G. Wells Quotes
The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I like being unconventional.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat's Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.
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I had great moments. I had not-great moments.
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Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.
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After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me.
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I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor.
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The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.
