William E. Simon Quotes
Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married
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The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit.
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A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.
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I think people don't really understand how much footballers are affected by the people in their lives. When we're interviewed, people always ask about managers and tactics and training, but they almost never ask about what's going on off the pitch, and to me, that's just as important to your career.
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Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
