Wilbur D. Nesbit Quotes
The thing that goes the farthest towards making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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There's been no real reason to move to LA. The stuff I've done for America has been done in Europe anyway. We made a decision early on that we'd find our base and not shake the children's world as much as mine.
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That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.
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I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.
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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.
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In the aftermath of a marriage, you feel helpless and hapless.
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When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
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Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.
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I believe that economic theory has arrived at a point in its development where the appeal to quantitative empirical data has become more necessary than ever. At the same time its analyses have reached a degree of complexity that require the application of a more refined scientific method than that employed by the classical economists.
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Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either law or religion.
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I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.
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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
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Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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The thing that goes the farthest towards making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.
