William Arthur Ward Quotes
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
Quotes to Explore
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.
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All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
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Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.
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About tidying up a toy box, you should let your kids experience the selection process by touching all of their toys. It's also important how they throw away their toys. They can earn a stronger sense of valuing things when they throw things away with respect and appreciation.
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What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable of acts that are not admirable, and it is He who brought about the Flood. How about the slaying of children in Jericho? There are a few Bible stories that are not as terrible as they are happy. We just prefer to leave out the terrible part, but that only makes the good anemic.
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Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.
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For me, I guess the general reason for using social media is that the connection I have with people who are interested in my music is extremely important to me. That connection is like the pillar in everything I do. I want to embrace that connection and make it stronger.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
