Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over.
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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
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I always want to read the script and know everything and at least understand the context of the world that you're in and why you're there and all that stuff. It's good to know something. I like to know, but I've never been one of these, 'Just show me my stuff,' no, I like to know what the whole picture is so I can understand how I fit into it.
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There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.
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I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
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I've decided that I'm completely rock n' roll.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
