Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
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There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.
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Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam.
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She’s my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.
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I saw Whitney break his stick and they had a 2-on-2, but there was a guy going to the net and (Whitney) didn't have a stick to stop the pass. I yelled his name and got my stick to him the best way I could. I wasn't sure if they were going to call a penalty but I was just trying to save a goal because I knew the pass was going to get to him.
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I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
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We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.
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One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....
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Misanthropes need people without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art.
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(on the U.S) You wonder about a country where the bombs are smarter than the high-school graduates. At least the bombs can find Iraq on a map.
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I ripped some girls at halftime and challenged them, and they stepped up and did the job tonight. She looked me in the eye and said, 'I'll get the job done,' and I think she did a good job on Whitney Lindsay in the second half.
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It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
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I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least I’ll live as I believe.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
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A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
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That's impressive especially with how young this team is and how much adversity they have faced.
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Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
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The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
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