Ethel Wilson Quotes
The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.
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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'
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I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.
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In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable parts of the world. To protect our national security, we must become more energy secure.
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What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching some sort of clarity - even if it is only clarity about the gaps in our knowledge.
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Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
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The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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This is a Christian country and Christian teaching is very clear on these matters and I am extremely concerned that young people today are being bombarded with literature which suggests that a homosexual relationship is the same as a heterosexual relationship, which it is not.
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I love being outdoors. I love just spending time in the sun and hanging out with my friends.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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My favorite part is the preparation because you read on the page, you get this character.
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I have a clear bias for international, global experience. On my management team, everybody has two or three countries they've lived and worked in.
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The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.
