Adoniram Judson Quotes
When any practice is proposed and enforced as a binding duty, we have a right to examine the grounds of the alleged obligation.
Quotes to Explore
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.
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I realize that I am typically vulnerable only when and where and how much it suits me. I can choose my writer words and even go back and edit.
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
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My parents were singularly uninterested in me. My father was too self-centered and too busy with his own practice to pay a lot of attention to me, and my mother was probably deflected more by my sister.
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When any practice is proposed and enforced as a binding duty, we have a right to examine the grounds of the alleged obligation.
