William Graham Sumner Quotes
What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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My father had a real short fuse. He had a tough life - had to support his mother and brother at a very young age when his dad's farm collapsed. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one. My father was full of terrifying anger.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
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John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
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Sneaking out the back door to hand out with those hoodlum friends of mine.
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
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What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.
