George Pope Morris Quotes
A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.
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As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
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I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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Probability is a liberal art; it is a child of skepticism, not a tool for people with calculators on their belts to satisfy their desire to produce fancy calculations and certainties.
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It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.
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A spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny; if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.
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When there's anything to steal, I steal
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One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
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There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that.
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These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it?
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The Congress, the executive branch, and our fellow citizens have done an enormous amount to support our troopers and their loved ones. And all of us are grateful for that.
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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There's really no rhyme or reason in our generation as to how things are supposed to work. I don't believe in the words supposed to. I believe in everybody having their own path and their own learning experience. To each his own.
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The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.
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First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.
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A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.
