Henry St. John Quotes
History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.
Henry St. John
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
Jack McBrayer
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
Rachel Platten
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I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.
Randy Houser
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
Oriana Fallaci
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
Manny Pacquiao
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
Rani Mukerji
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By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.
Kajol
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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.
Manmohan Singh
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
J. J. Abrams
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Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth.
Octavio Paz
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
Quintus Ennius
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Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.
Lauren Beukes
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I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.
Jared Diamond
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Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.
Ann Romney
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Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds.
Chelsea Cain
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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
B. F. Skinner
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History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.
Henry St. John
