William Arthur Ward Quotes
Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
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I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?
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Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities.
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If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
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People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them.
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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.
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That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!
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I'm pursuing film and TV, and it's exciting because I feel I can write in almost any genre now.
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Heathcliff. The "hero" of Wuthering Heights. Although no one knows why. He's mean, moody, and possibly a bit on the pongy side. Cathy loves him, though. She shows this by viciously rejecting him and marrying someone else for a laugh. Still, that is true love on the moors for you.
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Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
