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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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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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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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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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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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
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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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I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.
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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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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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I miss singing. I did Broadway forever.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun.
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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.
