William Penn Quotes
Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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I'm easily entertained.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.
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Music would lose its charm were not dissonance interspersed at frequent intervals. The closer a composer can come to discord without actually entering it in the score, the more pleasing will be his composition when given life through musical instruments.
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I worked in a number of high schools in New York, and I wound up at Stuyvesant High School, which is known nationally for producing brilliant scientists and mathematicians, but I had writing classes. I thought I was teaching. They thought I was teaching, but I was learning.
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Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
