William Allen White Quotes
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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I have always been very choosy, but as you grow older, your tolerance for crap becomes less. The role I will do today has to justify the time I take away from my kids and my husband. I love them, spend a lot of time with them and love doing things for them. So to go away for three to six months, I need something equally powerful.
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I am tired. My arm aches. My head boils. My feet are cold. But I am not aware of any weakness.
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My weakness is wearing too much leopard print.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism.
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Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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We should have more invention.
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'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.
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People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.
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A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.
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A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.
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The new, though engaging at times, may often start as offensive to us. The latter is often proof of the worth of this, while in the long run it will receive more recognition, than some, of what we liked so much in the beginning.
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During my engineering days, I learnt to value diversity, not to take shortcuts in life.
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Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
