William Howard Taft Quotes
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.William Howard Taft
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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.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
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.
Aaron Klein -
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Saint Augustine -
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.
J. G. Ballard -
I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
Rachel Dratch -
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
Eckhart Tolle
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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.
Saint Ignatius -
You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
Tavi Gevinson -
None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
Jack Kevorkian -
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.
A. S. Byatt -
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
Frances McDormand -
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo
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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.
Gary Weiss -
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.
Caitlin Flanagan -
I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're positive. They're good. He thinks he's got a good vision for America.
Barbara Olson -
When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.
Iman -
Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
Ban Ki-moon
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Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and her doofus husband. In the sitcom world, it's almost a cliche that the women have the common sense, going back to 'The Honeymooners.'
Jake Weber -
My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.
Rainn Wilson -
When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.
Lenny Abrahamson -
The danger with playing someone tough is that the character can become two-dimensional and mean and nobody likes her.
Rebecca Mader -
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
William Howard Taft