William Howard Taft Quotes
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
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How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head?
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
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When the Securities & Exchange Commission settled securities-fraud charges against Richard Harriton, former chairman of the clearing subsidiary of Bear, Stearns & Co., there were smiles all around. The SEC was happy. Harriton was happy. Bear Stearns was happy.
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Girls are the best readers in the world. Reading is really a way of kind of escaping so deeply into yourself and pursuing your own thoughts within the construct of a story.
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We have many identities, and we can't be authentic to them all. The best we can do is be sincere in our efforts to earn the values we claim.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
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Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.
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I love what I do, but I've got a life out of here. I like to spend time on the computer. I like technology. I like music. I like movies. I like to go out and party. I like my cigars, but I don't drink, and I do like to keep a low profile.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
