William J. Murray Quotes

Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?

William J. Murray

• Democracy
• Might
• Servitude
• Acquiescence

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• I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.

  

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• My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

  

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• A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.

  

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• Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

  

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• Strange – I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!

  

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• Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.

  

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• Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

  

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• I'm one of the luckiest people on earth.

  

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• Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

  

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• The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.

  

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• I don't want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this.

  

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• Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

  

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  • World
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• The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.

  

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• In our science and philosophy, even, there is commonly no true and absolute account of things. The spirit of sect and bigotry has planted its hoof amid the stars. You have only to discuss the problem, whether the stars are inhabited or not, in order to discover it.

  

  Henry David Thoreau
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• Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

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• The Affordable Care Act has been designed to provide health security by driving competition, lowering premiums, and protecting families.

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• Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.

  

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• I will travel to all 75 counties in Arkansas every year, listen to your stories and concerns, and work hard every single day on the issues affecting you and your family instead of visiting exotic foreign countries on the taxpayer dime.

  

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• I think that a movie of a TV show is really tricky, and I don't know if it's ever really been done well. Because it's really hard if you have a 22-minute show, especially something like 'Party Down,' where it's all contained at the party.

  

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• To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.

  

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• Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.

  

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• Instead we need schools and colleges that are sensitive to the needs of young people and not the priorities of politicians and educationalists.

  

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• Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?

  

  William J. Murray
  • Democracy
  • Might
  • Servitude