Willis R. Whitney Quotes

A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.

Willis R. Whitney

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• I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.

  

  Samantha Power
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• Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

  

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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• Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
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• I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

  

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• I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

  

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• Have a little faith. Don't give up.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
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• That's the one regret I have in all the years that I've played professional sports, that I didn't win a championship in the N.F.L. And that's why you play on any level of team sports: you want to win a championship as part of a team.

  

  Warren Moon
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• I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.

  

  A. R. Rahman
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• I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.

  

  Raekwon
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• The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
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• I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.

  

  Rani Mukerji
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• That Lana Del Rey is quite cute, isn't she? I quite like her.

  

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• It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation.

  

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• By being friends with all, we are not alone.

  

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• Form follows beauty.

  

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• I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there.

  

  Kathryn Harrison
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• A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.

  

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• You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that's what you're gonna get!

  

  Bruno Mars

• In politics and politicians' liesThe modern farmer waxes wondrous wise;

  

  John Clare
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• I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.

  

  Tahmoh Penikett
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• In nature's infinite book of secrecy A little I can read.

  

  William Shakespeare
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• A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.

  

  Willis R. Whitney
  • Science
  • Wander
  • Persistent