Liberty Hyde Bailey Quotes
There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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Dream and you shall become.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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If someone says: "I don't want to have a cochlear implant, because I want my child to grow up with a rich sense of deaf culture," he must acknowledge that the deaf culture that exists in the world today has a different scale than the deaf culture that's likely to exist in the world 50 years from now.
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So I went to the Doctor's yesterday. He said, "What appears to be the problem?" I said, "I keep having this dream, night after night, beautiful girls rushing towards me and I keep pushing them away." He said, "How can I help?" I said: "Break my arms."
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The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true.
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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.
