Khalil Gibran Quotes
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer.
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You can follow your favorite company or organization. You can also mix that in with your family and your social network and talk about all these interests in real time. That's the value, not the brand 'Twitter.' Twitter just provides the venue for it.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.
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As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.
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One of these topics we talk about with the team on our 'Competition Wednesday' is iron sharpening iron. That's the process we go through to get each other ready, and that's why we have some periods where we get to compete against one another.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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Everything I own in my closet has a story. Stuff is not just stuff - things were given to me with love.
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“I live in a constellation of intimates, and the shape of us is a family. We touch base and check in, with each other and also—I am so gratified to report—they sometimes check in with one another. Correspondences have sprung up and friendships have started to form beyond my influence. Family has begun to take on a transitive property as well.”
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I am a very simple guy. Of course, popularity matters a lot, but for me, my health and family come first.
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Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
