Winifred Holtby Quotes
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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What is a Muslim neighborhood? How many Muslims have to be in a neighborhood before it becomes worthy of checking papers and kicking in the doors of homes and businesses?
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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I know it sounds weird, but the food that I eat, it doesn't make a big difference, and it never has. So, I've saved a ton of money not buying a lot of alcohol, not going out to restaurants too much. So, I think it's part of our culture, and it's part of a social activity more than anything else.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.
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I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful.
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I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.
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Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
