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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The only people who usually have input on my writing are my wife and my editor. I'm not in conversation with anyone except the people I report on and the people I work with.
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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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I'm not quite ready for a no makeup movie.
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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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Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful.
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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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When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.
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No one faith is necessarily superior to another. All explanations are valid and in some respects when it comes to the big mysteries of life.
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Everything in my life really filters down to the music.
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Once we're willing to confront our emotional suffering, we begin making choices based on attraction instead of aversion, love instead of fear. Where we used to think about what was 'safe,' we now become interested in doing what seems right or fun or meaningful or ripe with possibilities.
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I don't care about my character here on earth. I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.
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The shadow of human life is traced upon a golden ground of immortal hope.
