George Stillman Hillard Quotes
The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.
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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.
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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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.
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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.
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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?'
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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.
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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.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.
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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.
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Together, we are prepared to lay a foundation for a more secure future for the entire world
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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.
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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.
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Think before you think!
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The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.
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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.
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Attempts to estimate the impacts of climate change continue to be highly speculative.
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The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it.
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Don't like when sports interviewers force answers: Are you dedicating this game to your sick grandmother? What's the guy supposed to say?
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San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.
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I think at Ohio State, we're professional athletes in Columbus.
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The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.
