George Holyoake Quotes
There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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I don't like controversy.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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I didn't have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.
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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
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I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of authority, I’m convinced all over again that moving away from consequences and rewards isn’t just realistic - it’s the best way to help kids grow into good learners and good people.
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Most writers are successful in getting their readers’ attention, but fail at getting them to think. If you’re asked to explain anything philosophical to anyone, the chances are great their understanding will be superficial; it’s best they don’t understand than to think they do, so encourage them to grow into understanding and don’t hand them too much explanation.
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And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months.
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When someone says 'Action,' you just get on with it and hope that that is translated onto the screen for other people to see. All you can ever do is work as hard as you can on it and make sure you're doing your job.
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There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.
