William Herbert Sheldon Quotes
There are those much more rare people who never lose their curiosity, their almost childlike wonder at the world; those people who continue to learn and to grow intellectually until the day they die. And these usually are the people who make contributions, who leave some part of the world a little better off than it was before they entered it.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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I'm evangelical.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
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I have got nothing against family companies, but there must be real equity, that is all I say. It cannot be based on influence or political friendships. It has to be based on real equity backing their dreams.
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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.
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Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a contestant in a beauty pageant and have to seem charming and upbeat all the time.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
Death is not painful. It is the most beautiful experience you will have.
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It's good to be an anarchist and just love yourself.
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I hope people understand there is a world outside our life in this bubble and hope we can appreciate it and preserve it.
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There are those much more rare people who never lose their curiosity, their almost childlike wonder at the world; those people who continue to learn and to grow intellectually until the day they die. And these usually are the people who make contributions, who leave some part of the world a little better off than it was before they entered it.
