J. L. Austin Quotes
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A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Unconditional acceptance of others is the key to happy relationships.
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I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher.
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It may justly be urged that, properly speaking, what alone has meaning is a sentence.
