George Madison Adams Quotes
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I have to prove everything. Especially when you're coming from an off year after the injuries, and you come back, and you have to prove a lot of things to the fans, to the team, to your teammates, to the sport. You have to prove a lot of things out there on the field.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit.
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The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.
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My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
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If you wear them outside, they stop being pyjamas. I wear mine to the mail box, which is right in front of my house - that's my limit. Anything else is wrong.
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‘Suppose your Aunt Dahlia read in the paper one morning that you were going to be shot at sunrise.’‘I couldn’t be, I’m never up so early.’
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Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
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Democracy derailed is democracy denied.
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I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.
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Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue.
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I listen to everything while I train. From old school reggae, to classical stuff like Bach, to hip-hop, to rock and roll.
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This important question of the trade-off of civil liberties and protection is one the public takes very seriously.
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It's smart. If you are going to make an investment of millions and millions of dollars, you would research them.
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I am selective. If I do splash out, it's an investment, and I wear things for years.
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He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
