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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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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I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and no further. There should be rules and guidelines for the kids, and they should know their limits.
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Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
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I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.
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We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good. You'll see.
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The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.
