Leland Stanford Quotes
A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kole won - and getting it spelled with a 'K' is a constant correction, too. I'll never not be Warren Blosjo; it's just my stage name.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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You have to find something that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve. You want to drop 15 pounds. You want to be able to run four miles. There has to be some goal that you set for yourself and, after you've reached that goal, you set a new one. You always have to be shooting for something, striving for something.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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My philosophy on snow skiing is that there are less expensive ways to fall down a mountain. Yet every couple of years, I go on a ski trip for the same reason that women will have multiple children - they simply forget how much it hurts.
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I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.
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Mutual reflection. Open and candid conversation. Questioning of old beliefs and assumptions. Learning to let go. Awareness of how our own actions create the systemic structures that produce our problems. Developing these learning capabilities lies at the heart of profound change.
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Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.
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May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary.
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A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness.
