George Arthur Buttrick Quotes
Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.
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Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
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I consider myself lucky to have been born into a family that valued service to both one's country and one's community.
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Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
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In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.
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Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
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Sawyer was always the Vincent boy worth fighting for. He's the special one.
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God bless those employees at United who somehow continue to be gracious and patient and generous with customers even while bearing the brunt of a broken company themselves.
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The fiercest of beasts is the human. He kills even when he's not hungry.
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This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a large cast of characters and traces an ongoing conversation among the writers and critics of this period. This book is likely to become a model for a new generation of scholars, both for the breadth of its engagement and the depth of its archival research.
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Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.
