William Allen White Quotes
We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
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What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.
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All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
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I don't call her my middle child, I call her my center child, Because the world revolves around her.
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We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs.
