William Faulkner Quotes
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
Ulysses S. Grant -
The difference between us is that we're using missile defense to protect our civilians and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.
Benjamin Netanyahu -
All those angry, uneducated Trump supporters seemed to understand what his policies were. They figured it out by listening to him. It was only fair. No one listened to Trump, except the voters; and no one listened to the voters, except Trump.
Ann Coulter -
We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most of the effective gravity in the universe. Something is making stuff move that is not anything we have ever touched.
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
I think the greatest of people in society carved niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents, and if everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight.
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
There's no substitute for experiencing ups and downs - seeing how it's okay that things are overwhelming or broken sometimes and how companies recover from mistakes.
Joe Lonsdale
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I hate the Chinese government. If you do not want to embrace North Korean defectors in your country, I understand. But we have a country where we can seek asylum. So please, let us freely pass through. Why are you doing your best to try and catch defectors?
Lee Hyeon-seo -
Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
James A. Leach -
The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented. It's that socialism has been faithfully implemented.
Donald Trump -
The neighboring tribes are becoming daily less warlike, and more helpless and dependent on us … They have, in a great measure, ceased to be an object of terror, and have become that of commiseration.
John C. Calhoun -
Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.
Philip K. Dick -
Whenever I'm sad I just imagine if babies were born with mustaches.
Liam Payne One Direction
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Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way.
Sai Baba -
I think mischievous people always there, ... Some kind of perfect world, that is impossible. Accept that reality. (For) those people who have genuine concern about humanity, make some effort-better than none.
Dalai Lama -
I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.
Tony Bennett -
Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith.
H. P. Blavatsky -
The dearth of business activity on the traditional day of rest makes Sunday an ideal time to declare insolvency. Bankruptcy petitions are time-stamped to the minute, instantly dividing a failed company's dealings into pre-bankruptcy transactions and post-bankruptcy transactions.
Brendan I. Koerner -
Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
Sallust
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I don't use a lint brush or anything, and I don't iron, but I could easily pick lint off of someone else.
Courteney Cox -
Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.
Gautama Buddha -
Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.
William Faulkner