William R. Alger Quotes
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
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I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, but when I'm singing, that's who I am. I don't write music, so I choose songs that I would have written.
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.
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I believe in the teachings of Christ. I think that's a good way to set your moral compass.
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It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
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Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.
