George Washington Quotes
I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
Quotes to Explore
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
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Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.
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Right now the problem in Thailand is we have high debt, but we don't know how to earn the new source of revenue back to Thailand. This is my job.
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I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.
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Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.
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I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have to worry about what to do. We don't have to figure out solutions ahead of time. Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.
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I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.
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I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
