Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.
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Own your beauty whatever shape or form it comes in.
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Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.
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Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
