William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
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The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.
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Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.
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For a franchise system to work well, you really need people with an entrepreneurial mind-set because, while you have a large, overarching system that everybody has to work with, a lot of local issues have to be handled.
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What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.
