William Torrey Harris Quotes
Education is the preparation of the individual for reciprocal union with society; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow-men and in return receive and appreciate their help.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.
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Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.
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Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
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I was actually born in L.A. My sisters and I were playing in a parking lot, and my dad was like, 'Nah, nah, nah. Let's go give 'em some grass.'
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Young people should travel, and they don't. You can't know if you don't go.
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left.
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I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.
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Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me – it was actually my first instrument.
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I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I love my work, but I don't like being in the spotlight. I was never going to be an actor, that's for sure.
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Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.
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I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.
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I hope I never have to face that feeling of missing and sending my country or team out of a competition.
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What this world needs is a few more Rednecks.
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Consisting mostly of recirculating scrapped metals, 80% of all the metals that have ever been mined are still at work.
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The insight that peace is the end of war, and that therefore a war is the preparation for peace, is at least as old as Aristotle, and the pretense that the aim of an armament race is to guard the peace is even older, namely as old as the discovery of propaganda lies.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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Education is the preparation of the individual for reciprocal union with society; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow-men and in return receive and appreciate their help.
