Dallin H. Oaks Quotes
Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'
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We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.
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Some terror in the swishing tall grass seemed added to that of the diabolically pounding sea, and I started up crying aloud and disjointedly, 'Tiger? Tiger? Is it Tiger? Beast? Beast? Is it a Beast that I am afraid of?'
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Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.
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The narrator of a documentary often comes in at the last minute and takes some of the glory they don't deserve.
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The difference between face-to-face conversation and any other medium of communication is simple: No distractions are permitted.
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As far as 'Dahmer' and 'Jumanji' are concerned, with both of them, they felt super raw and affecting, but in their own ways. I also thought 'Jumanji' was completely not trying to be anything except what it was, and I found it to be hilarious.
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I don't think it hurts to have rowing featured in a movie that's in the race for the best pictures. If it means someone might try the sport... then I'm really excited and happy about that.
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As a profession, entrepreneurship breeds anything but balance. The highs can be stratospheric, and the lows can be crushing.
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If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.
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Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped to deal with criticism.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.
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I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.
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Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses.
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Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.
