Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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Getting straight A's for having lots of tests is not the same as getting A's on the tests. Weighing a malnourished dog every day doesn't make him any better.
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I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.
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I'm not OK dancing 90 percent.
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The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
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I came up in a time when Springsteen, the Stones, Dylan, and the Beatles were still dominant. For every magazine cover with a new band, there were five covers with one of those guys.
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It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.
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It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
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Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.
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Ever since my United Nations work, for instance, they've been saying that I've gone into politics. The United Nations is a nonpolitical body.
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The best teacher is the one who himself has had to struggle to learn.
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The very word 'sorrow' colours the fact of sorrow, the pain of it.
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If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.
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Writers, artists, and commentators on websites are detained or thrown into jail when they reflect on democracy, opening up, reform and reason. This is the reality of China.
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George Klein says that Elvis had five real friends outside of his circle, and I was blessed to be one of them. I spent a lot of time with Elvis in Vegas and at Graceland.
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The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads "Wisdom begins in wonder".
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I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.
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No matter how much you want to say you've got all these plans ahead. The moment is all you got.
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There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
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I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
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It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.
