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.M. Scott Peck
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
Harold Coffin -
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.
Abba Eban -
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.
Mae Jemison -
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.
Carice van Houten -
I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
Vince McMahon -
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.
Larry Elder
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I can always go back to education.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
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.
Nat King Cole -
If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
Kanye West -
I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
Gavin Newsom -
I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
Felicity Jones -
One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
Irene Rosenfeld -
I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
Queen Rania of Jordan -
Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
Ted Shackelford -
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.
A. J. Jacobs -
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
Gary Shteyngart -
I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
Forest Whitaker
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The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which such activity is not taboo suggests that the capacity of an individual to respond erotically to any sort of stimulus, whether it is provided by another person of the same or opposite sex, is basic in the species.
Alfred Kinsey -
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,A gauntlet with a gift in't.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning -
People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.
M. Shadows -
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
James Allen -
The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
M. Scott Peck