Elias Lyman Magoon Quotes
Whatever we are directed to pray for, we are also exhorted to work for; we are not permitted to mock Jehovah, asking that of Him which we deem not worth our pains to acquire.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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I will run against anybody.
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
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As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture - we looked to the West.
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Every time Wimbledon is on, I am thinking, 'Yes, I could do the same and get out the racket.' Sadly, not the same results.
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Where educators are raising and combining their voices, the seeds of positive change have emerged. Collective voice, exercised through the union, is power - the power to drive real change for our kids, families and communities.
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MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it.
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I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.
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I don't write women who are weak or simpering.
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It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!'
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It's one thing to be banal, stupid, and idiotic on the inside. It's another to have it captured in writing.
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Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.
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Well that's a polite thing to say but that's fucking ridiculous.
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A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.
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I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.
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Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.
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The first recipe I made was a disaster. I'd been chopping and pressing dates to create a raw brownie, and I thought it would work even better if I blended them in a food processor. So I went and bought one specially. When my boyfriend at the time came over to try the results, he took one bite and spat it out - I'd left the plastic on the blades.
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Whatever we are directed to pray for, we are also exhorted to work for; we are not permitted to mock Jehovah, asking that of Him which we deem not worth our pains to acquire.
