Earl A Grollman Quotes
Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
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A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony.
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My God would never deliberately bring harm to anyone. But if it happens, if it simply happens due to wind and rain and weather and man's own mistakes, then God has promises to keep: Life continuing. An even richer, fuller, brighter ongoing life to compensate.
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I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think.
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My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.
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Don't let any obstacle stop you. Always remember that you have spiritual and mental qualities within you that can overcome even the seemingly impossible.
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Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.
