David Wiesner Quotes
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.
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'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Many are to believe on Christ through the communication of truth by His servants. As they see the beauty of the Word of God, and as they see Jesus revealed in the lives of His children, they will praise Him with heart and soul and voice.
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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you... And there are others who will understand - without you even speaking a word.
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A man can pray better because of the prayers of the past; a man can live holier because of the prayers of the past; the man of many and acceptable prayers has done the truest and greatest service to the incoming generation.
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Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.
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Gray goes with gold. Gray goes with all colors. I've done gray-and-red paintings, and gray and orange go so well together. It takes a long time to make gray because gray has a little bit of color in it.
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Before they read words, children are reading pictures.
