Anthony Weston Quotes
Note that an informed source need not fit our general stereotype of an “authority”—and a person who fits our stereotype of an authority may not even be an informed source.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
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I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.
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I used to pay attention to the clouds in the sky.. .I paid close attention for a month to see if they ever repeated. They don't repeat. And I don't think life does either. It's continually various. That's the truth about life.
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Meeting the person you are going to be playing is very unique.
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If we go to free agency without a CBA, I would say very few teams are going to be in play and be active. If you do have a CBA, there are going to be a lot of teams out there competing for players.
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Most companies don't die because they are wrong; they die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is standing still.
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Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.
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Millennials aren't looking for a hipper Christianity.
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With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty.
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Everybody in mathematics had given up for 100 years or 200 years the idea that you could from pictures, from looking at pictures, find new ideas. That was the case long ago in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, in later periods, but then mathematicians had become very abstract.
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I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult.
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I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify.
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I thought one only had to speak Latin through one's nose and bite off the end.
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There are companies which are prepared to change the way they work. They realize that nothing can be based on what used to be, that there is a better way. But, 99 percent of companies are not ready, [they are] caught in an industrial Jurassic Park.
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It's a very erroneous strategy to try to push the Russian opposition to unite. First of all, the opposition is addressing different parts of Russian society that have differing points of view. And besides, a united opposition is a nice big target that the authorities have a much easier time fighting. And besides, resisting an authoritarian regime with an authoritarian opposition merely means that, in the event of victory, you're just doing yet another round of the same old, same old.
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God made me the way I am, and I accept myself. I am who I am, and I'm proud of myself.
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You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
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Note that an informed source need not fit our general stereotype of an “authority”—and a person who fits our stereotype of an authority may not even be an informed source.
