Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes
As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies cannot protect it then; and walls which have remained impenetrable to cannon have fallen before a roar of laughter or a hiss of contempt.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.
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I had made up my mind to find a woman to share my life: one who would leave London altogether and go with me into the green country and be satisfied.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd write to the studios asking them if I could be in a movie. They never wrote me back.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.
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I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.
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It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?
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This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible.
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During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s and '90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold.
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A government, to afford the needful protection and exercise proper care for the welfare of a people, must have homogeneity in its constituents. It is this necessity which has divided the human race into separate nations, and finally has defeated the grandest efforts which conquerors have made to give unlimited extent to their domain.
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As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies cannot protect it then; and walls which have remained impenetrable to cannon have fallen before a roar of laughter or a hiss of contempt.
