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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And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.
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Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.
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The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
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We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
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I feel like there's something in me that desires to express myself even more and not be so afraid of a solo endeavor.
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Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.
