William Penn Quotes
If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.
Quotes to Explore
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.
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I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
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I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.
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Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage.
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I didn't write 'Enter Sandman.'
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When the sun appears which dispels darkness in general, you put out the light which dispelled it for you in particular for your need and convenience.
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I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.
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I don't really buy the death-drive thing too literally; it feels overly neat and convenient. But I am suspicious of fighting back being the dominant model for cinematic conflict and personal conflict and political conflict.
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Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.
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If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.
