William Penn Quotes
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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You have to be yourself.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.
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I had a happy childhood: extremely outdoorsy and independent.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won't enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external 'freedom' in the world won't liberate you, if you are chained inside.
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A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.
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I have learnt that women are superior beings. They have a higher threshold of pain and are more understanding and accepting than men. Also, if you listen to them, you'll understand them better.
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The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also.
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
