Jimmy Carter Quotes
The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status.
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Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever.
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I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'
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I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.
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I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.
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Players have an in-season playing weight, and we have to be careful not to stray too far from it when we're not under the watchful eye of the nutritionist. This can be a problem when the food isn't being prepared and regulated by our cooking staff.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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African continent GMs do exist; but, according to the system of racial classification, I am the first Black GM in history...it matters, and doesn't matter, all at the same time.
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We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears!
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I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
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The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.
