William Lyon Phelps Quotes
Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.
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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
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I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.
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I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
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Country music was a part of my life. Now it isn't. We had a good relationship, really, but we wanted each other at arm's length. The people in Nashville didn't want to be responsible for my looks or my actions. But they sure did like the listeners I brought.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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There was a world of mutants, men and women who were more than normal men and women, persons who had certain human talents and certain human understandings which the normal men and women of the world had never known, or having known, could not utilize in their entirety, unable to use intelligently all the mighty powers which lay dormant in their brains.
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When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.
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When I turned 16 and got my license, the Chevy Blazer was passed down from my sister, so it was very much a starter car.
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Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.
