Sidney Hook Quotes
Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
Quotes to Explore
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
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What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
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My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.
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I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.
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The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.
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Fighting forces, particularly ground forces, have to operate on the basis of unit cohesion.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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Education is very important to me.
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If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
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But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.
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Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.
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Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle,Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded strong.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
