Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes
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The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.
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No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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I've never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn't have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven't worked on a lot of shows.
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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
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We need to be vigilant to protect our children, ... It is imperative that parents, industry, prosecutors and lawmakers all work together to identify and address possible threats, and that we teach our children to protect themselves from those who would do them harm.
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We all, everyone one of us, carry a star inside our chests. ...Light and darkness are always side-by-side. If you show even the slightest fear or tears to the darkness, it will immediately swell and come attacking, and swallow up the light. Serenity, in order to defeat the darkness and dark souls, you must keep the star inside your chest burning brightly at all times. That is your most important charge.
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I can't fax you my love, I can't email my heart.
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I have a 47-year-old daughter, who we’re very close now… But her mother left, took her, I didn’t see her for years, i have a son, Chuckie, whose mother was an addict. I was an addict. And he ended up, of course, being an addict… He ended up in prison, which broke my heart… Now he’s clean and doing well.
