Elbert Hubbard Quotes
To remain on earth you must be useful, otherwise Nature regards you as old metal, and is only watching for a chance to melt you over.
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Steve Jobs was never going to let Flash on any Apple product again like that after in 1997 - he's got a long memory - they said no and Bill Gates said yes.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between.
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I'm afraid to look in the mirror. I'm afraid I'm going to see an old lady with white hair, just like the old ladies in the park. Alittle bundle in a black shawl just waiting for the coffin.
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That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.
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God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.
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To remain on earth you must be useful, otherwise Nature regards you as old metal, and is only watching for a chance to melt you over.
