William R. Bradford Quotes
Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.
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In Australia, kids play in American accents.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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I believe that our teachers need more freedom to be creative in the classroom in order to maximize the time students spend learning, not the time they spend taking tests.
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Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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When someone is looking down, they're saying no. When they're looking up, they're looking to their brain for memory. When they look to the left, they're looking for a lie or something they memorized. When they look to the right, they're feeling sorry - they don't want to answer.
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I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
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Television is intensely personal.
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As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once.
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Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?
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My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something – some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head.
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A very close friend of mine keeps reminding me that since about the age of 50, I've been saying, 'I'm finished. I haven't got another one in me.' But somehow you do.
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Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.
