Finley Peter Dunne Quotes
Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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Let your children go if you want to keep them.
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You can't be funny if you don't have good material.
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Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.
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As long as Property exists, it will accumulate in Individuals and Families. As long as Marriage exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence will accumulate in Families.
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Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
