William Standish Knowles Quotes

In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.

William Standish Knowles

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• A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.

  

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• I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.

  

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• Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.

  

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• During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.

  

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• The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.

  

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• The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

  

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• Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.

  

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• I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.

  

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• I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.

  

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• ... I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is the ONLY-begotten of the Father, which could not be if the Father did not actually beget him in person.... I believe the Father came down in His tabernacle and begat Jesus Christ.

  

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• In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.

  

  William Standish Knowles
  • Team
  • Made
  • Class