Queen Elizabeth II Quotes
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I had an amazing childhood.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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The world needs champions. Too many people still find the path to opportunity closed to them. Too many still find unnecessary obstacles to education, to housing, to the full and free exercise of the right to vote.
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It's all about the mood I'm in and the scene I'm writing. 'Cause work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. So I don't listen to any music that's not an influence on what I'm working on that day. Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.
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Is it thy will that I should wax and wane, Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey, And at thy pleasure weave that web of pain Whose brightest threads are each a wasted day?
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The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran.
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Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.
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We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
