William Penn Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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Simplicity is the glory of expression.
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People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So – no.'
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It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
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We thought: we're poor, we have nothing, but when we started losing one after the other so each day became remembrance day, we started composing poems about God's great generosity and - our former riches.
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His decision to study the law had got him as far as hiring Twelve Angry Men from a video shop.
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I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.
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We recognized that for our future, and for the way the customer was now shopping, we had to have one point of view. All roads lead back to the customer.
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It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
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The story of Ilium, the ancient city of Troy, has always gripped me.
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It's a really important thing for Aboriginal people to remember how stories are told and the power of stories, and make it an important feature in our world again.
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Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.
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I am comfortable with my body and embrace who I am. I love to work it.
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I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.
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leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.
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Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.
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At the heart of every great leader is strength and courage.
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Health care is very different from other sectors of the economy in several respects, one of which is the fact that the risk can be very high beyond people's ability. That leads to insurance.
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Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
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It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.
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Never chide with anger, but instruction.
