Willard Van Orman Quine Quotes
Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of.

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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
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I made music a priority every single day.
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I already know what boxers do; I've been in it all my life. I know what they do, and I know how they prepare.
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There is no Latter day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain things when opportunities were not furnished him or her.
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Life is what the least of us make the most of us feel the least of us make the most of.