George Washington Quotes

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

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• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Comedy
  • Serious
  • Too

• Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Long
  • Character
  • Comedy

• There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.

  

  Quico Canseco
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Liberty

• Thinking differently is my strength.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Thinking
  • Strength

• Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

  

  Maimonides
  • Same
  • Liar
  • Pen

• When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Books
  • Alien
  • Resurrection

• We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Knowledge
  • Teach
  • Nothing

• Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • People
  • Work
  • Negative

• People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about.

  

  LaToya London
  • People
  • Love
  • Emotions

• The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Up
  • Money
  • Why

• Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with my aunts and my mom to my grandma.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Family
  • Mom
  • Singing

• I hold no dream of fortune vast,Nor seek undying fame.I do not ask when life is pastThat many know my name.I may not own the skill to riseTo glory's topmost height,Nor win a place among the wise,But I can keep the right.And I can live my life on earthContented to the end,If but a few shall know my worthAnd proudly call me friend.

  

  Edgar Guest
  • Life
  • Live
  • May

• Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

  

  Bruce Lee
  • Today
  • Learning
  • Achievement

• I believe the main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Free

• I couldn't have imagined working on a film I didn't believe in.

  

  Lucy Dacus
  • Believe

• Whenever you get a large body of work like 'Humans of New York,' a natural pathway becomes to put it between two covers. I wanted this to be a very nice keepsake. A lot of work went into it, and a lot of fans are attached to it.

  

  Brandon Stanton
  • Work
  • Nice

• If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Heart

• I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so you got that to contend with.

  

  Levon Helm
  • Up
  • Good

• We are spectators to violence, and therefore are, how well we don't know and make sure we don't know the difference of real violence to that of simulation.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • Violence
  • Difference
  • Spectators

• For some reason, many designers are in fashion, but they don't love women. I love women, and I follow my clients on Instagram.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Women
  • Fashion
  • Reason

• When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

  

  George Washington
  • Mind
  • President
  • Humans