B. C. Forbes Quotes
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.
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The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent.
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It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.
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There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.
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I feel that it's very important for young people to have a sense of history and do research and don't re-invent the wheel and don't think that you're the first martyr to discover social injustice but to take advantage of previous generations of activists and find out what they did and how they resolved things.
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Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.
