Leland Stanford Quotes
In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.
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Music is another great pleasure of life. I like all sorts.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.
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Because I spent many years during my previous life as an academic researching game theory, some commentators rushed to presume that as Greece's new finance minister, I was busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options, struggling to improve upon a weak hand. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
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Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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Butler's novel 'Kindred' may be the book most widely read by readers outside science fiction; it has been assigned as a text in classrooms and has sold steadily since its publication in 1979.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.
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How heavy a body that has been traversed by death is, life is light, there's no need to let anyone make it heavy for us.
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My dad didn't want me to listen to Zeppelin, I think because it reminded him of his wilder days, and now he's a retired Southern Baptist minister.
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Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around with all this wood in our small place. We'd finish putting it away, and then we'd play that piano. I'll be eternally grateful to him.
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According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.
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In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.
