Albert Martin Quotes
With advancing years many men become brittle and sapless. Rather than becoming the epitome of ripened godliness, spiritual vigor and ministerial energy, they become like dried trees – half dead, with autumn leaves barely hanging upon them and with very little fruitfulness.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
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I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself.
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Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also telling a story, but sometimes the story isn't exactly what you intend; maybe you uncover something you had no idea you were going to uncover.
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Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
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His (Deschamps’) complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.
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The turtle trapped 'twixt plated decks Doth practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.
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It is better to ride a pony than a horse which throws you.
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We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Man is a food-dependent creature. If you don't feed him, he will die. If you feed him improperly, part of him will die.
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The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many be corrupted.
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I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.
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My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
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With advancing years many men become brittle and sapless. Rather than becoming the epitome of ripened godliness, spiritual vigor and ministerial energy, they become like dried trees – half dead, with autumn leaves barely hanging upon them and with very little fruitfulness.
