William H. Gates, Sr. Quotes
“There are intersections of integrity and temptation in every career and every life. The challenge is to do the right thing no matter what.”
Quotes to Explore
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From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
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It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty - to oppress without control, or the restraint of laws, all who are poorer and weaker than themselves.
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The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
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I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.
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The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
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I suppose I just had this Christian idea about how I ought to go about my life. I thought, 'If I work really hard and have a bit of success, the problems I'd had all my life would leave me.' But, of course, not a bit of it left me because Asperger's is not something you just get over or grow out of.
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Comics seem to be cooking these days. It's like being a rock star.
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I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.
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Our Headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.
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Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
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A man who refused to be warned only remembers the warning when his forehead is covered with wounds.
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“There are intersections of integrity and temptation in every career and every life. The challenge is to do the right thing no matter what.”
