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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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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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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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
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To mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.
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Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
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Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.
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I know I speak for the Bishop when I tell you how sorry I am for all the pain you have suffered in your life.
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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.
