Walter Weyl Quotes
We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles of misconceptions as heavy as the great sacks upon their backs these simple, rough-handed people are the ancestors of our descendants, the fathers and mothers of our children.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
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I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
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I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
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As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.
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Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
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Barack Obama will never ignore our troops.
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Education, the last hope of the liberal in all periods.
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I'm from that generation where there aren't that many pictures of me as a baby.
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The more you believe that you deserve healthy love, the more you will conquer and attract.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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I have the feeling that this Moscow Pact will at some time or other exact vengeance upon National Socialism.
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We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles of misconceptions as heavy as the great sacks upon their backs these simple, rough-handed people are the ancestors of our descendants, the fathers and mothers of our children.
