William Macneile Dixon Quotes
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.
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You can't control the quality of projects that are coming to you, so if you get several in a row that are quality, you take them.
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Anyone who used the word hip probably wasn't.
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Clothes and manners do not make the...
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It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.
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Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
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Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
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What does a philosopher demand of himself, first and last? To overcome his time in himself, to become "timeless.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.
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The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the roses on the dining-room table held their breath. A kind of airless cleanliness that always made me want to sneeze.
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People might look great on the outside but they all have something that they're dealing with.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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When I was four years old my mother led me to the park. The spring sunshine was not too warm. The street was almost empty. The witch in my fairy-book came walking along. She stooped to fish some mouldy grapes out of the gutter.
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I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature.
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I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids.
