Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes
Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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There is something not entirely satisfying about an online memorial.
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He was born in 1741, a descendant of the Rhode Island equivalent of royalty. The first Benedict Arnold had been one of the colony's founders, and subsequent generations had helped to establish the Arnolds as solid and respected citizens.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself to let other people's disdain or nastiness upset me for long.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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The centuries-old habit of privileging the male heir arose because monarchs were supposed to lead their country in battle, and only men were thought strong enough to do so.
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I am a conservative and proud of it.
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Halva works brilliantly in ice-cream.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.
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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.
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Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.
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I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
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Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.
