William Beebe Quotes
The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.
Quotes to Explore
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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What I'm concerned about is making sure that every single time somebody who grew up with us goes off to a different platform or a different device, we're going to be there with a Univision-branded product of some kind.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
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The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
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I have never been vain. I don't take myself seriously. I don't consider myself sexy or good-looking.
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I never had an ambition to go into modeling, originally. I still can't believe how quickly it all took off.
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Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual.
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The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
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Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract.
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I was a sports kid.
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Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
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Somewhere along the line you've got to do your apprenticeship. But I'd want half a chance of being successful at it.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.
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Stop the negativity and control our creativity
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The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.
