Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.
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I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.
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Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that's one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions.
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It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
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The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country.
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History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.
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The fact is that our business is fundamentally really strong. We have a platform and a depth that no one in the tech industry has. This means we have competitors at every layer.
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Certainly it is not so easy to pay something as it is to pay nothing, but it is easier to pay a large sum than it is to pay a larger one. And it is easier to pay any sum when we are able than it is to pay it before we are able.
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Mr. Lemon-Man has inspired millions across the world through his gift. I don't refer only to basketball, but also to his magnificent gift of caring, sharing, and loving all people. I only hope my kids would possess an ounce of the Lemon-Man's heart, which easily radiates through that smile.
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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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A lot of the biking sequences in the beginning, like going down the steps and over the ramp, I of course didn't do any of that stuff. I wish I could have but I didn't.
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We score with the best of them. If we concentrate on defense like we do on offense, then we'll win a lot more ballgames.
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There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.
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Things which do not grow and change are dead things.
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Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.
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You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things that you've felt. It's kind of impossible not to unless you're writing a song and there's an exact scenario that you're trying to write a song for.
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I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, 'Why doesn't everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn't grow up with the same privileges I had?
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People give out compliments because it's polite.
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Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.
