Thomas More Quotes
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I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.
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I've continually reminded myself that I never want to change. I could be on the cover of a magazine today, but next week someone else is going to be on that cover. You always have to remain the same person because when those opportunities end, guess what you have? You have you. And if you change from being you, you have nothing anymore.
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The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double standards involved in recommending free trade and free market to developing countries.
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An entire mythology is stored within our language.
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I obey nature, I never presume to command her. The first principal in art is to copy what one sees.
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All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.
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When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.
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I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster.
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Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.
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Sweden was once a very homogenous society, but no more. For decades, people have been coming into Sweden from all over the world, and that's changed the way we cook.
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Eric and I have a pact. Offseason, we focus on my career. And during the season, I try to be the best wifey. I make sure he has a warm dinner to come home to.
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I'm motivated to be No. 1.
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The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
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Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.
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Friendship demands attention.
