George Arliss Quotes
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Quotes to Explore
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find out that you're not because you're not really hurting. But when it's real love, then it's gonna hurt. It's supposed to hurt because it's real.
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So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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I am much more interested in the process than results.
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By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
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The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the most in movies are characters that are often thought of as despicable.
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Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.
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China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.
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Working on 'Outlander' has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I'd turned into a bit of a Londoner.
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To be reverent is not just to be quiet. It involves an awareness of what is taking place. It involves a divine desire to learn and to be receptive to the promptings of the Spirit. It involves a striving to seek added light and knowledge.
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'My Family Recipe Rocks' is on the Live Well Network, and we go to people's homes and watch them cook.
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Our thoughts are clay, they are moulded with the changes of the days;--when we are resting they are good; under fire, they are dead. Fields of craters within and without.
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Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
