Blaise Pascal Quotes
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
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I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
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For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.
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I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.
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Fashion is a real passion in my family. I never even realised it was something glamorous until much later. For me, it was my family's job.
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I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes.
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The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
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If I could have done anything more, it would have been less.
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You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.
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Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.
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John Wooden has been a vital force in the lives of many with his inspirational messages. He represents all the elements necessary to be a winner in the Game of Life, which makes him the perfect person to write this book filled with lessons. Coach Wooden has been a mentor to people in every walk of life.
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You know what I will do sometimes? I'll let my phone die... and I will say, 'You know what, I'm not lying, my phone died.'
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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I wish I were better at… photography. Sometimes it feels like I can’t capture everything with just a pen.
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Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable attacks and learn from specifics. If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
