William Allen White Quotes
Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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In addition to reining in spending, taxes, tolls and fees, let's rein in how much the state borrows.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I've served on the International Relations Committee.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.
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Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.
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When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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Our lives are awkward and fragile and we have only one thing to keep us sane: pity, and the man without pity is mad.
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If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the other hand, my ruling disposition is obedience to God, I perceive Him to be at work for my perfecting in everything that happens to me.
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Yes, women, and men, have to be open to love, because if we're not open then there's no way for us to find happiness. But you can be open to it and still have no control over when it's going to happen.
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The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don't.
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Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.
