Charles Willson Peale Quotes
Natural history is not only interesting to the individual, it ought to become a NATIONAL CONCERN, since it is a NATIONAL GOOD,—of this, agriculture, as it is the most important occupation, affords the most striking proof.

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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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God is decisively drawn to the humble.
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I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
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The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.
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I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.
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Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence on me personally have been basically entirely unaware of any such influence and made their chief concern their personal devotion and obedience, and the pleasure of God in the hidden things of their lives.
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Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle.
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I work twice as hard as everybody else.
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I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8.
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Natural history is not only interesting to the individual, it ought to become a NATIONAL CONCERN, since it is a NATIONAL GOOD,—of this, agriculture, as it is the most important occupation, affords the most striking proof.