Jimmy Carter Quotes
The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Love is the one wild card.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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There are usually multiple messages that could be preached from the same text.
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When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails.
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In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else.
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The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.
