George Shinn Quotes
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
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But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
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When we were filming 'Twilight,' we didn't expect anything. We were just filming a movie that we wanted the fans to enjoy. And then it kinda just blew into this whole other world.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
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The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.
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I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice.
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I throw a leather biker jacket over everything. It adds an instant downtown cool vibe and stops a look becoming too girlie. Bonus points if you wear it like a cape!
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.
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Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.
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That's my intent. It has been from the beginning and it still is.
