F. E. Adcock Quotes
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.
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I'm a good Catholic boy.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.
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I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
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If you want to go beyond that small percentage of people who are already environmentally and scientifically aware, you have to make your work somehow link with a passion, interest, or profession of someone who isn't interested in science or nature.
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice.
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Whenever I hear a campaign talk about a need to energize the base, that's a campaign that's going down the toilet. It's a pretty good indication that they're not eating up any territory, they can't get anybody in the center to support them, they're getting shelled back into their own bunker.
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When something comes up, and it's interesting, and I have the time, I'll do it.
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We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before, and we make sense of our own experiences by constructing a narrative that holds them, and holds us, together. Stories are how we make sense of our lives.
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Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.
