William Beebe Quotes
The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.
Quotes to Explore
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.
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Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.
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I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.
