Claud Cockburn Quotes
A devout and serious Christian, she was often bothered by what she read of socialists because she could not, instantly and absolutely, see where they were so wrong. To her horrified ear, they kept sounding as though they had ideas rather like Christ's.
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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 don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.
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We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
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I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
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One of the things I love about music is live performance.
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My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.
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Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
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As plainly as if it had been the top line on the oculist’s chart I could see what the future held for Bertram.
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I was such a geek in school.
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The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.
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Intermittently she caught the gist of his sentences and supplied the rest from her subconscious, as one picks up the striking of a clock in the middle with only the rhythm of the first uncounted strokes lingering in the mind.
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Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer.
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A devout and serious Christian, she was often bothered by what she read of socialists because she could not, instantly and absolutely, see where they were so wrong. To her horrified ear, they kept sounding as though they had ideas rather like Christ's.
