Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes
Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.
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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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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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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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I think a lot of people don't actually know me. They think, 'She's like this,' or, 'She's like that.' They say I have no emotions - I do, but you couldn't see them then. I had to keep them inside.
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
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Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht.
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I didn't technically grow up in the South, but both my parents were from there.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity.
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Every good thought, every good word, every good emotion, and every act of kindness, is lifting the vibration of your being to new heights. And as you begin to raise your vibration, a new life and a new world will reveal itself to you.
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Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.
