Edith Hamilton Quotes
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
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There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.
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I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
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To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
