Antoine R. Ivins Quotes
If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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Pride the first peer and president of hell.
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They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
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Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
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Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.
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If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
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Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.
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I wouldn't know how to retire.
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I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
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In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
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I can move any crowd.
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I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.
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I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'
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I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.
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Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you riding through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality
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Your success and usefulness in the world is going to be measured by your confession and by the tenacity with which you "hold fast" that confession under all circumstances.
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If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.
