William Carey Jones Quotes
I often think what interesting history we are making for the student of the twenty-first century.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.
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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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There's no question there needs to be higher-paying opportunities for women. It's not that it hasn't existed in certain categories: Certain women have made a lot of money... Jennifer Lawrence... is being paid a lot of money, rightfully so, for the franchises she's in.
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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.
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When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the Internet. We have a big responsibility and a huge role in bringing all the stakeholders to the table - users, parents, educators, law enforcement, government organisations.
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Once in a while I do put up a video or a thank you tweet for my fans. I think our interaction cements our bond. Getting so much love from them makes me feel blessed.
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Even just a few spices or ethnic condiments that you can keep in your pantry can turn your mundane dishes into a culinary masterpiece.
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I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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I speak my mind. I just speak my heart. I will not turn away from any question.
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There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.
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I just love music. I love writing songs. It's not even a job; it's a gift. I'm waiting for someone to kick me out of the party because I snuck in here, and I keep thinking somebody's going to figure out that I have no clue. Turns out that most of them have even less of a clue.
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Republicans ... are conservatives who think it would be best if we faced the fact that people are no damned good. They think that if we admit that we have selfish, acquisitive natures and then set out to get all we can for ourselves by working hard for it, that things will be better for everyone. They are not insensitive to the poor, but tend to think the poor are impoverished because they won't work. They think there would be fewer of them to feel sorry for if the government did not encourage the proliferation of the least fit among us with welfare programs.
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I often think what interesting history we are making for the student of the twenty-first century.
