William Arthur Ward Quotes
To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.
Quotes to Explore
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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If I wasn't going to be a surgeon, I wanted to be a farmer or grow oranges or something like that. I grow flowers now - orchids. That is something that I find very interesting.
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If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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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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I dropped out of high school when I was, like, 15, so I just focused on doing music. It's all I wanted to do; I didn't want to work or anything else. I took all the negativity and obstacles that came with life, and I just put it in the music.
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For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.
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I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
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Hurricanes Floyd and Irene were cruel reminders that hurricanes can produce tragic loss of life and devastating economic disruption from inland flooding beyond a hurricane's damaging wind, storm surge or tornadoes.
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Stay true to yourself because it goes a long way. If you don't know who you are, who are you really?
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To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.
