Warren St. John Quotes
The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless? While we have the conditions for economic opportunity here--and that is a blessing--do we have the conditions to learn how to self-regulate our own passions for the good of the whole?
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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Secrets of the cosmos will begin to unravel. I, for one, can't wait.
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The basis of a democratic state is liberty.
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I will never be unemployed.
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I was a B.I.G. fan. I like all of his stuff. I don't really have a favorite song. They all are good, and each brings different memories to me. And you can still listen to it to this day and it means something.
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Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are the East Coast home for the MH-60Rs, and the nation's P-8A fleet and Triton operations facility are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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I support same-sex marriage.
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It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.
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My first movie was with Mike Nichols.
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Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.
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I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable.
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Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.
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My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen.
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The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless? While we have the conditions for economic opportunity here--and that is a blessing--do we have the conditions to learn how to self-regulate our own passions for the good of the whole?
