William Bourke Cockran Quotes
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.
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I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
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The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
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In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
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After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help us navigate finer instincts, help us when we're wrong, encourage us when things are great.
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Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.
