M. William Phelps Quotes
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.
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The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
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'Think,' I told him, 'what may be waiting for you. You may discover the meaning of Spirit. You may open up a new world, as rich as the old one, but imperishable. You may prove to mankind their immortality and deliver them for ever from the fear of death. Why, man, you are picking at the lock of all the world's mysteries.'
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Tax has generated a significant amount of discussion, and companies are forced to do what they can to maintain that global competitiveness and perform.
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The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.
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Life is a search for yourself.
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Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
