George William Russell Quotes

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

George William Russell

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• I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • Respect
  • Present

• If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Great
  • Political
  • Ugly

• I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • People
  • Life
  • Great

• Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • War
  • Peace
  • Winning

• I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Like
  • Strange
  • Drink

• Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Alien
  • Seen
  • Whatever

• In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.

  

  Ilana Glazer
  • World
  • Picture
  • Club

• There is a statistic I heard a number of years ago: if you know somebody who is 85 years old, that person was born into a world that had a third as many people as the world does today. The population has tripled in the past 85 years.

  

  Dan Brown
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Money
  • Answer
  • Most

• My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Inspired

• It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • People
  • Music
  • Poetry

• I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Time
  • Commitment
  • Test

• Lower taxes will stimulate your own personal economy by leaving more money in your pocket to do what you want - invest, save, spend, buy a bigger house, a nicer car, and give to charity. And lower taxes also lead to more money for the government to use on those things they've promised you. It's a win-win for everyone.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Money
  • House
  • Government

• It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • People
  • America
  • Nice

• I don't need a trailer; I don't need to have the luxuries of what is Hollywood, which is why I'm probably not so desperate to get there.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • Why
  • Need
  • Hollywood

• I absolutely consider fashion a form of art. Of course, there is some fashion that is not art at all - it's utilitarian, made for the purpose of covering up. And there are a lot of people out there who put a lot of effort into looking awful. But there are also people putting the same amount of energy into making bad art.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Up
  • Art

• I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that, I feel like I've got a much clearer idea of what I want to sound like and what I want to discover. It's exciting.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Done
  • Feet

• I would always talk with my friends in English and Spanglish, but it was more like slang. It was more like, 'Yo, what's up, dog?' But in Spanish, I know what's proper, and what's ghetto. I know the difference.

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • Up
  • Friends
  • English

• Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

  

  Delia Ephron
  • Children
  • Help
  • House

• I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • Hate
  • Write
  • Stuff

• With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think and obsess more about the roasts than my own series. Because there's so much attention focused on the roasts. It's like the 'Super Bowl' of comedy. Everybody is going to talk about it. Forever.

  

  Jeff Ross
  • Game
  • Hate
  • Attention

• When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country.

  

  Jean-Marie Le Pen
  • Country
  • Why
  • She

• What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Time
  • Success
  • Past

• We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

  

  George William Russell
  • Hate
  • Fight
  • Defeat