William Halsey (Bill Halsey) Quotes
There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.
William Halsey
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
Lady Bird Johnson
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I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We're fringe, totally. We're fringe.
Gary Johnson
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
Zach Anner
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
Daniel Barenboim
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Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning
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My passion is writing, but it is also a fight because I still see home as a woman's duty.
Angeles Mastretta
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Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.
Arthur Rubinstein
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The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men's eyes.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
Garry Trudeau
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There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.
William Halsey