Edward Joseph Young Quotes
When human glory rises high As human glory can; When though the king is truly great, Still greater is the man.
Quotes to Explore
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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My first YA novel, not many people have read. It's a fickle business. There's a degree of timing and luck involved.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.
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Dinosaurs are built just like birds - they can squat down, they can get up. Mammals, when we lay down, we throw our legs out to the sides - birds cannot do that. Dinosaurs could not do that either.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood.
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All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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A major figure of Croatia and the Balkans has disappeared. We have to hope that the elections that will now take place in Croatia ... will help Croatia in the direction of a democratic country.
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The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
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When human glory rises high As human glory can; When though the king is truly great, Still greater is the man.
