Dan Heisman Quotes
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
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In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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I don't think we'd be the business that we are today if we were spread out in the suburban areas.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.
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We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.
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The seething racial resentment in the Third World against the West — decades after independence and trillions in foreign aid — should cause second thoughts about opening our borders to mass immigration from that world. Not everyone coming here brings in his heart the passionate attachment to America we attribute to the peoples of Ellis Island.
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As for adjustments, I think every relationship changes every day.
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Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.
