Herbert Spencer Quotes
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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It's like, boom! – I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made me a rapper.
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And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties.
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In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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Ch. XIX : Grand Pontiff, p. 321
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We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think – in fact they do so.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
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There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character.
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To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.
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I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.
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Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.
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I've always been a girl's girl, and I've always enjoyed my girl friends' relationships, so I want the girls who follow me to feel like we're besties.
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It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.
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September shut her eyes several times and opened them again, just to be sure, just to be certain she was back in Fairyland, that she wasn’t simply knocked silly by her fall.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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I have always believed that exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
