William Wilberforce Quotes
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
Quotes to Explore
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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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 went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
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There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.
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Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history - and say they have no credibility because they committed a sin or made a mistake.
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Why do guests always end up in the kitchen at parties? Is it a social phenomenon? Some strange gravitational pull? I don't know, but one thing is for sure: If your friends are going to congregate in your kitchen, you'd better make it as nice as possible.
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My daughter wants to do yoga with me and wants to be in the theater thing, and I can't tell her, 'Don't be an actress.' My son loves guitar and loves to be in a band and wants his iTunes downloaded with all this old-school hip-hop so he understands where hip-hop came from.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
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The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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When I'm traveling on tour, one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to a Target. The company has always been good to me. They've got such a great creative team.
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You can't pay for healthcare if we're sending a trillion dollars a year to dictators.
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If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation of the reader for acts of gallantry and devotion in my country's cause, at least I may claim the merit of zealous and persevering continuance in my vocation. We are all of us variously gifted from Above, and he who is content to walk, instead of to run, on his allotted path through life, although he may not so rapidly attain the goal, has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival.
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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
