Edwin Paxton Hood Quotes
When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China.
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
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I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.
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I've known a lot of cowboys and a few cowgirls. They're, by and large, some of the smartest, funniest, most courteous, generous, and hardest-working people you'd ever want to know.
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What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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Never paint except with the three primary colors red, blue, and yellow and their derivatives.
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Both knowledge and wisdom extend man's reach. Knowledge led to computers, wisdom to chopsticks.
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Jail's like school but you can't leave.
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I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.
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I don't like golf. It's not for me, it's too quiet.
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My grandmother is a huge part of my life. She's just a great woman: a woman of the church.
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If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.
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Every cookie is a sugar cookie. A cookie without sugar is a cracker.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that are protected from the external world. Once you create that protection, you live long enough to see ageing.
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Our soldiers have done a valiant effort in fighting terrorism and bringing a semblance of law and order to the chaos in the region and it would be shortsighted to lay out a specific timetable to bring U.S. troops home prematurely before their mission is accomplished.
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When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
