Ed Acker Quotes
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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Most of the fans will still be Knick fans.
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I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he didn't. In that case, I told him, I should write a book about John Vincent Atanasoff.
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My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.
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In a large bureaucracy, you cannot exercise the transformation of any situation without coopting bureaucracy.
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Never believe in any faith younger than you are.
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This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.
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Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.
