George Stillman Hillard Quotes
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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I am no prophet - and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.
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'You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense, I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist.' - Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, January 14, 1991
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The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute:
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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I will cherish this as a reminder of the extraordinary, incredible outpouring of people who demanded their voice be heard in this last election so we can look forward to amazing change in this country.
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I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.
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Ex-cons always say, 'You never know what makes the wheels go round until you’ve done time in the joint.' This is even more true of psychiatric hospitals. It is a perfect mass hypostatization of society, the organization of the Social Lie.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.
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The shadow of human life is traced upon a golden ground of immortal hope.
