William Ellery Channing Quotes
Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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A Texas upbringing - and living now in Brooklyn, too - have surely helped my appreciation for open spaces and skies, but beyond that, it's not easy to find words for what it feels like to be up in the Rockies or out on the Great Basin - such silences and spaces! - or to be heading up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man's wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his estate, but of the amount of pepper in his pantry. One way of saying that a man was poor was to say that he lacked pepper. The wealthy lacked pepper. The wealthy kept large stores of pepper in their houses, and let it be known that it was there: it was a guarantee of solvency.
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During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.
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Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom.
