William Arthur Ward Quotes
A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
Abu Bakr
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.
Quentin Bryce
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
Pat Conroy
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
Fawn Hall
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
J. D. Vance
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
Vicky Hartzler
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
Fiona Apple
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Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
Vincent Canby
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
Ogden Nash
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
Sabrina Carpenter
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I don't want to be away from wrestling even a little.
Daniel Bryan
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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I think humans are fascinating in general. We're so weird. We do so many quirky things, and we don't even know it. There's just so many layers upon layers of nuances in everything we do, and the most fun part as an actor is trying to get into all those nuances, whether they're conscious or unconscious.
Yvonne Strahovski
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When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.
Ed Westwick
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In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
Adam Cohen
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
Barbara Sukowa
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In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
Cal Thomas
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I want to say sorry for abusing my position as an 'X Factor' winner because I owe everything to this thing.
James Arthur
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I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
Confucius
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You can't control where your heart goes.
Laura Prepon
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The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose.
Marianne Williamson
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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
William Arthur Ward