William H. Gass Quotes
As a teacher, it's a great help to be teaching philosophical systems you don't believe. You can actually do a better job of presenting them if you leave your beliefs at the door.
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.
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My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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I like serving family-style or setting up a buffet. Everyone just goes to town, scoops their own food, and mixes their own drinks. You know how people love to come and watch you in the kitchen now and talk your ear off? If you give them something to do and something to drink, they don't do that as much.
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What one reads in the newspaper and what one sees on the street are absolutely not the same.
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In comedy, if you don't have the right tuning with your co-actor, the humour can fall flat.
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Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.
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As a teacher, it's a great help to be teaching philosophical systems you don't believe. You can actually do a better job of presenting them if you leave your beliefs at the door.
