George Arundale Quotes
Our business is to stand strongly for principles, but never to attack persons, about whose lives we can know but little.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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Custom is second nature.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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Scientists who play by someone else's rules don't have much chance of making discoveries.
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I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna.
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Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.
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To survive in the NFC West, we have to win in the trenches.
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You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.
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The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.'
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With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing.
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I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out.
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Our business is to stand strongly for principles, but never to attack persons, about whose lives we can know but little.
