M. Scott Peck Quotes
The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it's been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.
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I can always go back to education.
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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.
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Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.
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At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.
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These grants will help the economic redevelopment of this region by building the pool of skilled workers necessary to attract new industries.
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Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.
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The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply I love them all.
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The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
