George Stillman Hillard Quotes
The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.George Stillman Hillard
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We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
Hans Urs von Balthasar -
There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
Walid Jumblatt -
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
Takashi Murakami -
I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
Rafael Cruz -
I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to be a Leprechaun 6?' It's probably the most asked question besides, 'Is there going to be a Willow II?'
Warwick Davis
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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
Vikram Seth -
I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
Irene Rosenfeld -
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu -
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Queen Rania of Jordan -
While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Maybe what we really want is for our children to be the dominant ones! Maybe I'm trying to see my own ambitions fulfilled in them, and that would be wrong, so I should be content with what they are.
Orson Scott Card
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Together, we are prepared to lay a foundation for a more secure future for the entire world
Igor Ivanov -
I think the lack of critical engagement with the food that we eat demonstrates the extent to which the commodity form has become the primary way in which we perceive the world.
Angela Davis -
It's no wonder that America's engagement in the region has strong, sustained, bipartisan support. So I'll be handing my successor a strong foundation - including closer ties with Singapore - on which to continue building, and I'm optimistic that will happen.
Barack Obama -
Think before you think!
Bill Vaughan -
The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.
Hal Duncan -
But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.
C. S. Lewis
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You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.
Cate Blanchett -
At some thoughts one stands perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sin, and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that once for all, you may subdue the whole world.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.
Tara Strong -
If we as a society want to cure unemployment, raise real wages, and in other ways improve our economy, we will base public policy on private property rights, the non-aggression principle and the law of free association. In the free and prosperous society, everyone may do precisely as he pleases, provided only that he does not initiate violence against non-aggressors.
Walter Block -
The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.
George Stillman Hillard