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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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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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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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.
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My father-in-law, Barney Rawlings, spent a couple of months hiding out in France in 1944, frantically memorizing a few French words to pass himself off as a Frenchman, but his ordeal had not inspired in me any action until I started taking a French class.
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I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.
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My dad showed me a football and would throw it up and have my dog - a German Shepherd - chase me around when I went after the ball. I caught it because I was scared of that dog. The next year, my dad talked to the commissioner of a local league and convinced him to let me play as a first grader with third graders.
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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.
