Calvin Miller Quotes
Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.
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I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Sentences are not as such either true or false.
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It's not up to the employer to decide or to figure out what religious problems you may have as an employee. In other words, if I'm inquiring about your religious peculiarities or whatever they may be, I'm invading your privacy about that.
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When you do good work, people will notice you.
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One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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I wasn't opposed to the VCR. The MPAA tried to establish by law that the VCR was infringing on copyright. Then we would go to the Congress and get a copyright royalty fee put on all blank videocassettes and that would go back to the creators.
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One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike-and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
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It's like freedom of speech - they can't tell you not to do it. When no one will put you on at a club or venue, you can go to the street, just start singing, and get a lot of good feedback from people as they walk by. I got really good at lip reading and seeing if a song is working. It was a good way to start.
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Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.
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'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor's office to look like a doctor's office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?'
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I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results.
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I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
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You've got to introduce people to things in a way they're going to enjoy.
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Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.
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I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.
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Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.
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Faith is a gift of God, which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menace of torture.
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I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
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I give strong advice, but I don't expect it to be followed.
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Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.
