Raymond Williams Quotes
The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choices and our own decisions. We feel for the time being that our life is our own.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
Harry Browne
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We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.
Hamza Yusuf
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The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
Randy Falco
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This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.
Tavis Smiley
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Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
Sam Snead
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Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That's the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.
Earl Campbell
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It is not industry, but idleness, that is degrading.
Calvin Coolidge
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I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.
Joan Allen
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I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.
Frankie Valli Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
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The diverse threats we face are increasingly cyber-based. Much of America's most sensitive data is stored on computers. We are losing data, money, and ideas through cyber intrusions. This threatens innovation and, as citizens, we are also increasingly vulnerable to losing our personal information.
James Comey
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Passage Vero-Dodat - I started my company on this passage. It feels as much home as it can!
Christian Louboutin
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None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common.
Laurie Graham
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People say a lot of things about LeBron, but he just keeps having a good mentality and grinding. That's what I try to do, proving people wrong by what I do on the court.
Ben Simmons
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As a friend once pointed out, the crotchety dowagers do tend to get all the best lines. That may be why I have so many of them in my books.
Lauren Willig
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You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.
Andris Nelsons
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I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.
Dasha Zhukova
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
Matthew Perry
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I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better.
Charles Barkley
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Speaking about myself, I've been pleasantly surprised that my older plays are still being performed. Most important is that they still have something to say to today's audience, in particular the young people who enjoy my plays. That's the best I could hope for, that the plays aren't single-use products of one era.
Vaclav Havel
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I believe in karma... that means i can do bad things to you all day long and assume you deserve it.
Scott Adams
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Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.
Amanda Lindhout
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Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.
John Travolta
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choices and our own decisions. We feel for the time being that our life is our own.
Raymond Williams