George W. S. Trow Quotes
For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.
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I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.
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I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.
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When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
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Film-making is not liberating. It drains a lot out of you, and it's fulfilling only temporarily. It's a very thankless thing at times. When you're spending all that time on a film, you don't want 40,000 people to see it - it's just not enough. You dream of more.
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The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
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Mourning in America, Savage Love column, The Stranger, 15 November 2016
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Here below is not the land of happiness: I know it now; it is only the land of toil, and every joy which comes to us is only to strengthen us for some greater labor that is to succeed.
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Brotherhood doesn't come in a package. It is not a commodity to be taken down from the shelf with one hand - it is an accomplishment of soul-searching, prayer and perseverance.
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Can you get halfway around the world? Can you do a walking trail of the movie?
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I've seen Bruno Mars before, he's amazing.
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Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.
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Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it’s not going to protect you from the coming storm.
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Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.
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Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
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We're just as frustrated as our customers-this is our livelihood too. Retailers have had stunning, unprecedented price increases in one day alone-some as much as 46 cents.
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Photographers can either look out the window at the world or they can look in the mirror.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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That's one thing that attracts me to roles the most - how much potential there is for me to learn from it.
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For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man.
