George Washington Quotes

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

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• Politics is the art of the possible.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • Art
  • Politics
  • Possible

• I don't get star-struck at all.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Star
  • Get

• People want opportunity so they can earn security.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • People
  • Want
  • Opportunity

• How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Live
  • You
  • Question

• Some actors can create characters and leave them at 'Cut!', but I work the opposite way and drag them out of me. For me, it's about fixing your fabric to fit the role.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Work
  • Way
  • Actors

• To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Strong
  • Me
  • Self

• Control your own destiny or someone else will.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Future
  • Control
  • Destiny

• I must say that I always thought I had a voice, even when I was 4 years old.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Thought
  • Voice
  • Old

• I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could write a sequence. Then I had a chapter. The next thing I knew I was turning acting down.

  

  Tana French
  • Done
  • Book
  • Thought

• I think it comes very naturally. It’s wonderful to be light and informal rather than aloof and indifferent- (On his personal camaraderie with his co-stars).

  

  Amitabh Bachchan
  • Light

• In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.

  

  Alberto Manguel
  • Society
  • Learning
  • Communication

• Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Heart
  • Night
  • Dance

• I have a horrible sense of direction.

  

  Jared Polis

• The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.

  

  Andie MacDowell
  • World
  • Long
  • Live

• What I do know is that I love the whole idea of family, even the word itself.

  

  Martin Clunes
  • Family

• There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.

  

  Anthony Foxx
  • Road
  • Bridge

• But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.

  

  Dick Van Dyke
  • Wish

• My mother had no interest in cartoons. I remember thinking, 'I am never going to grow into that person.' Which is so ironic - now I get to work on 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama', all of these great animated series! TV was my passion.

  

  Dana Walden
  • Work
  • Great
  • Thinking

• When we put music on, he kind of kicks in the belly, and it's cool to see how he's not even born yet, but he's already responding to the music. When I talk to him, he kicks as well. It's a very deep connection that I have with my son already and he's not even born. So I'm loving it.

  

  Jencarlos Canela
  • Music
  • Cool
  • Deep

• I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Genius

• I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

  

  Joan Chen
  • Fear

• The power of immigration, the power of the American dream, if you think about the American dream, it is the best brand out there.

  

  Dara Khosrowshahi
  • Power
  • American
  • Dream

• I've grown up a lot, and I've realized that what I need to make myself happy is the people around you.

  

  Jessie J
  • People
  • Up
  • Happy

• Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

  

  George Washington