Albert Benjamin Simpson Quotes
God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
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Culturally, politically, everywhere you look... Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell.
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I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
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I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.
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Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didnt have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.
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God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
