William Allen White Quotes
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29.
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Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.
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I'm feeling how profoundly my family disappointed me and in the end how I retreated, how I became nothing, because that was much less risky than attempting to be something, to be anything in the face of such contempt.
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Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.
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I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.
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To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it.
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The Olympic Games are about achievement, which is only possible if the athletes are in peak health. At Johnson & Johnson, we focus on the health and well being of people around the world so they can be at their best. This global opportunity will enable Johnson & Johnson to expand our reach in emerging markets and strengthen our businesses in developed areas.
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.
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The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.
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Never mind what the 'people' think of you! They may overestimate or underestimate you! Until they discover your real worth, your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. You can succeed if nobody else believes it; but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.
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Practice non-action. Work without doing.
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Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
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Those we love can but walk down to the pier with us - the voyage we must make alone.
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God's word is: 'He who strives never perishes.' I have implicit faith in that promise. Though, therefore, from my weakness I fail a thousand times, I shall not lose faith.
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You corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies.
