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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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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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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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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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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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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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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I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.
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Life is weird, great and dangerous.
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I don't want to slip into Johnny Borrell mode. I don't want to be singing that there's nothing on TV, nothing on the radio.
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An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.
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The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.
