William O. Douglas Quotes
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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I used to work at my dad's peanut mill, and worked 15 hours a day, 6 days a week. So, now, riding around on a nice tour bus and doing shows, you'd have to get picky to have a downside.
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It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.
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“Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.”
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A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.
