George Washington Quotes
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
Quotes to Explore
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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One of my favorite vacation memories was the Thai foot massage and Internet access salons in Bangkok, followed up by my testing cellphone coverage while wading in Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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I get homesick.
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You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes.
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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I look after my skin quite a lot because in this job, it can get stressful. Pimples come out! I cleanse and moisturize, sometimes do face masks. I've also got a Clarisonic, which is good.
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The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is which and which you are feeling!
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Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.
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Empty values statements create cynical and dispirited employees, alienate customers, and undermine managerial credibility.
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Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
