William Slim (Bill Slim) Quotes
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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going.
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It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.
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I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it.
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Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.
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If you like something one day, then you do, and if you like something else the other day, it's whatever.
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I've toured the U.S. every single year and I've put a record out every single year whether it was on a major label or not; that doesn't make any difference to me.
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He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.
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I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
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There's never a new fashion but it's old.
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From time to time, the irresponsible acts of the Cuban government remind us that this is far more than about the freedom of one country, but it really is about the stability and security of the region and the national security interests of the United States.
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Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe.
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What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?
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Or whatever politically correct spiritual representation of universal goodness you happen to believe in.
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As if God's gonna let mankind destroy the planet with SUV's. It's silly, when you think about it.
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And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.
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I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and the Sons of Liberty did in Boston was spread the word about the abuses of the British. They had Committees of Correspondence that got the word out to the colonies. We need Committees of Correspondence now, and we are getting them.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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I've heard from a couple of female officers, that they understand exactly what my character is going through, and that they really like the show.
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There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers.
