William H. Whyte Quotes
People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not Cinderella.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know.
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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.
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I don't think the philosophy really changes between men and women. I think golf courses need to become more distance-friendly overall. I think golf courses almost need to develop a more generic set of tees instead of calling them black, blue, red or whatever.
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Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this – who once has loved, loves never on earth again!
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I have been a Jack Albertson fan forever.
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You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.
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People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.
