George William Foote Quotes
There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.
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The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
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This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
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No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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I was raised in church. I was brought up in that life, and I think that it's very important for everybody to be in touch with their spirituality and to have a relationship with God.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
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I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.
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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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I was possessed by London.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
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A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.
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I've written books as acts of discovery: things I need to know and that I need to touch. And it's very dangerous work to deal with the most toxic internal elements... I feel like Madame Curie at my computer. I feel like I should be hemorrhaging from my eyes and ears.
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Pop music will never be low brow.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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Universal is known according to reason, but that which is particular, according to sense...
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
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I'm ready for everything and I'm excited for the season. I feel it's our time. We have speedy guys, we have power guys and we have pitching.
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There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.
