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'm more of a people pleaser.
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They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.
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Civilization is one long anxious search for just such individuals. Anything such a man asks shall be granted. He is wanted in every city, town and village - in every office, shop, store and factory. The world cries out for such: he is needed and needed badly - the man who can 'Carry a Message to Garcia.'
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People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.
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What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
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I spent the summers packing toothpaste at a factory, working where my dad worked, and everyone else had gone on a gap year!
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Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.
