William O. Douglas Quotes
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.William O. Douglas
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
Patricia Velasquez -
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
Xun Kuang -
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
E. L. Doctorow -
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Lao Tzu -
History is a race between education and catastrophe.
H. G. Wells -
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
Lalla Ward -
I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
Quentin Tarantino -
I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
Daniel Alarcon -
If you want to be happy, make others happy!
Dada Vaswani -
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
Oswald Chambers -
I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
Wendell Berry
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
Edgar Degas -
I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
Kate Baldwin -
I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
Laila Ali -
When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
Cameron Diaz -
I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.
Ice Cube -
There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
Dan Pink
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
Maira Kalman -
Other people can also help you take care of your needs and desires.
Nicholas Boothman -
I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
W. S. Gilbert -
And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.
Raymond Carver -
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.
William O. Douglas