William Osler Quotes

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

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• It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.

  

  Karen Handel
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• I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to work with, but there's something about Quentin, and one of my all-time favorite films is 'Kill Bill.' Something along those lines would be such a blast.

  

  Maika Monroe
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• I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

  

  Warwick Davis
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• I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

  

  Zachery Ty Bryan
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• Every idea has its time.

  

  Vicente Fox
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• The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.

  

  Mac DeMarco
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• We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term.

  

  Hans Vestberg
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• From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages.

  

  Lady Gregory
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• Lanai at one time grew 98% of the world's pineapples. But the world's pineapples are now grown in two places, Costa Rica and Panama, because no one wants to spend $45 for a pineapple from the United States.

  

  Larry Ellison
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• Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

  

  Namie Amuro
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• My highest point was the first thing I won, a short story competition in a women's magazine in the Eighties. It was the first time I'd had my writing validated, and the first thing I'd ever shown anyone else.

  

  Kate Atkinson
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• On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
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• In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
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• Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here.

  

  Adam McKay
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• When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.

  

  Ed Westwick
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• Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.

  

  Madeline Zima
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• That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
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• If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

  

  Barry Mann
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• There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

  

  Iman
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• I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.

  

  Zaha Hadid
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• I am not so naive to think that I can make every problem in the health service go away. No minister can. And never will be able to.

  

  Leo Varadkar
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• Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

  

  William Osler
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