Bill Gates Quotes
Success is a miserable teacher. It tempts intelligent people to believe they cannot lose. And it is an unreliable guide to the future.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.
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Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.
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How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
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Imagination needs to be fed.
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Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
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I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.
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'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.
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I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it's uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you're wearing, and criticizing you - not necessarily in a negative way.
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My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?
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White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis.
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Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
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When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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I do tend to think that I've written a great deal out of my unconscious because half the time I don't know what a given character is going to say next.
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You need a core inside you-a core that directs everything you do. You confer with it for guidance. It is not negotiable.
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When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!
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Success is a miserable teacher. It tempts intelligent people to believe they cannot lose. And it is an unreliable guide to the future.
