George Washington Quotes
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
Quotes to Explore
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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I've tried to show in my most recent book, the 'Irresistible Fairytale', that in order to talk about any genre, particularly what we call simple genre - a myth, a legend, an anecdote, a tall tale, and so on - we really have to understand something about the origin of stories all together.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.
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I have a lot of fun writing for artists, but I'm learning to apply that fun to myself.
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There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine.
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Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii and Los Angeles.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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I learned from my community how to shoot a gun, how to shoot it well. I learned how to make a damn good biscuit recipe. The trick, by the way, is frozen butter, not warm butter. But I didn't learn how to get ahead.
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As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.
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There are a lot of plans out there for fixing health care.
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To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
