Clarence Darrow Quotes
That men should ‘turn the other cheek,’ should ‘love their enemies,’ should ‘resist not evil,’ has ever seemed fine to teach to children, to preach on Sundays, to round a period in a senseless oratorical flight; but it has been taken for granted that these sentiments cannot furnish the real foundation for strong characters or great states. p. 13
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.
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Therefore, let me reiterate that the rate should not meet the interests of a specific group or one or two groups, it should meet the fundamental development interests of the economy itself.
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When you're young, it's all about the society of school and being cool, but they don't understand that somebody can be different and live a different lifestyle and still be a regular person. I was the same way when I was a kid.
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Miracles are manifestations for which science has no definition, no analysis.
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There is no real force without justice.
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That men should ‘turn the other cheek,’ should ‘love their enemies,’ should ‘resist not evil,’ has ever seemed fine to teach to children, to preach on Sundays, to round a period in a senseless oratorical flight; but it has been taken for granted that these sentiments cannot furnish the real foundation for strong characters or great states. p. 13
