Alexander H. Stephens Quotes
We have intelligence, and virtue, and patriotism. All that is required is to cultivate and perpetuate these.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.
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Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.
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I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that.
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
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My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
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It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
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About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
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If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and not being an actor's son. I never knew whether it was good or bad.
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I really enjoy being an actor!
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I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.
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In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use that as the basis of the song that I was making.
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To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
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Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
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When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!
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Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen.
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We have intelligence, and virtue, and patriotism. All that is required is to cultivate and perpetuate these.
