Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes
No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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People ask me, 'Is there pressure to win a Tony for your next one?' I've got three on my mantelpiece; I'm good. If that's the end of the story, I'm fine.
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I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.
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When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
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At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war.
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No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
