Cecil Rhodes Quotes
Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.
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Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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'From Here to Eternity' happens to be fourteen-carat entertainment. The main trouble is that it is too entertaining for a film in which love affairs flounder, one sweet guy is beaten to death, and a man of high principles is mistaken for a saboteur and killed on a golf course.
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.
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The truth sustains me.
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Of course my life has changed because now everybody knows who Felix Baumgartner is.
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The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.
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I just love Jamie Foxx!
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.
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I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.
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Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.
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I grew up doing musicals in my childhood at school, along with all the plays I used to be involved in.
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What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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Companies often visit my office, or invite me to theirs, to brief me on new products, Web sites, or software before they are released - usually a few weeks or days ahead of time. I don't review most of these products.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief.
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Vampires as creatures have evolved over time as different vampire bloodlines have hit different populations of humans. Every once in a while the blood will make something new and mutate into a new species with different powers, abilities, weakness, physical characteristics, and so on. I don't want to give anything away, but there are whole species and branches that date all the way back to pre-modern times.
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Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.
