Otto von Bismarck Quotes
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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Photoshop should be a free-to-play game. There's not really a difference between very traditional apps and how they enhance productivity and wandering around a forest and killing bears.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.
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I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
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Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, and there's split seconds where you've got a fraction of a second where you get to make a move a particular way, and you don't get to repeat it if you do it wrong.
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Being with nature opens us up to divine experience.
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God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore our own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that others depend upon us in more respects than the payment of weekly wages; but the thing must be, nevertheless. Neither you nor any other master can help yourselves. The most proudly independent man depends on those around him for their insensible influence on his character - his life.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
