Arthur Davison Ficke Quotes
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That's the course I took with all three of my cancers.
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I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
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Dontel Benjamin on 'Eastbound' is a loud-mouth, braggadocios, crazy man, while Roy on 'Rake' is a very deliberate, thoughtful man, and he doesn't scream a lot.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that no amount of patriotic newsreels would put the Union Jack jigsaw together again. From then on, I was slightly suspicious of all British adults.
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There is no national problem in the world today, which cannot be resolved by reason alone.
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Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!
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A man must learn to forgive himself.