George W. Plunkitt Quotes
Reform is like morning glories; they look great early in the day and then they disappear.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
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It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.
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I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.
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Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.
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Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there.
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I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor.
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Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
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It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.
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The more rewarding part of doing a solo record for me was having more control in the studio.
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Powerful people never educate powerless people in what they need that they can use to take the power away from powerful people; it's too much to expect. If I was in power, I would not educate people in how to take my powers away.
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Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write.
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Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.
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Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?
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I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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I'm not going to disappear.
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Reform is like morning glories; they look great early in the day and then they disappear.
