Jimmy Carter Quotes
Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world - water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution - if we tackle them with courage and foresight.
Quotes to Explore
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards.
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Praying is simple. Use the words that you know. You don't have to be eloquent, just sincere and reverent.
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You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.
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Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world - water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution - if we tackle them with courage and foresight.
