Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.
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You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
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My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been a grind; it's been grimy - it hasn't been a pretty process. It's left me crying, you know, on the carpet in my tiny apartment with, like, no money. But it's been worth it, it's my passion, my dream, it's what I love to do.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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I never like to wear too much makeup, and sometimes the best makeup is when it's not too perfect. I like to sometimes apply my makeup with my fingers.
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It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets.
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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.
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I love flying.
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Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward.
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Shane McAnally is a really good friend of mine. He's one of the first guys that really embraced what I was doing with an open mind.
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She’s all for not letting the sun go down without having started something calculated to stagger humanity.
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Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace, but a peace, I hope, with honour which may satisfy our Sovereign, and tend to the welfare of the country.
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I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.
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It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness.
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So great is the compassion excited in Mary by our misery, and such is the love that she bears us, that she prays constantly, and relaxes not her efforts in our behalf.
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But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression.
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It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.
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The Scouts are a private organization and have every right to set their own membership standards.
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What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.
