William Lyon Phelps Quotes
Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.William Lyon Phelps
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
O. J. Simpson -
The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
Ian Thorpe -
All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
Kat Graham -
First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
Barton Gellman -
I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
Maggie Grace -
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
Harold Nicolson
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
Ottmar Hitzfeld -
Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
Sachin Tendulkar -
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.
Daniel Boone -
I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.
Barbara Corcoran -
It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
Garth Brooks
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Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency.
Yoshihiko Noda -
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
E. B. White -
I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
Taylor Lautner -
War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a great democracy with genuinely idealistic traditions.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
I'll always be tough on myself.
Kate Bush
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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
Tionne Watkins TLC -
With the Savior's power and light we will be enabled to push back the darkness of the world.
Neill F. Marriott -
In New Bethel, we take the word serious. We whip whores, we hang thieves, and we burn sorcerers.
M. K. Hobson -
I just think Christmas is a time to embrace all the naughty little things.
Jade Thirlwall Little Mix -
I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me.
Allen Funt -
Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.
William Lyon Phelps