M. Scott Peck Quotes
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
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Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.
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Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.
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Are we going to just change the personalities in the speakership? Or are we going to fundamentally transform the way we do business here in Washington, D.C.?
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I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.
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I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other.
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I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip
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We think what Americans at the end of the day want to know is, if this person [a candidate] going to go out and be a fighter for me? Does this person understand my concerns, my issues, and will this person fight for me?
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It's really important to like what you're wearing. It's pretty clear when I don't like what I'm wearing, and it's pretty clear if you got dressed for other people. Even if you're not looking the the best you can, or maybe your outfit isn't spot on, if it looks like you got dressed and you like it, you'll probably look cool anyway.
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If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
