J. A. Baker Quotes
Eventually, somebody is going to be a hero, and somebody's going to be president. Not necessarily the same person.
Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless.
Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!
War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization
When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.
I've learned It's the important little baby steps, which teaches us, how to grow. Moving up just one small notch, will help us more, than we know.
Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.
The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction.
People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.
When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.
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The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.
There must be a technique for meeting pain. There must be a technique of endurance based on the power of the soul to maintain its own serenity, as Marcus Aurelius taught long ago.
That idea is so damned nonsensical and impossible that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship while that nitwit tries to hit if from the air.
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.
Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
As other perceptions arise...the total vision of human possibilities enlarges and is transformed.
When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea
Whatever is destroyed, the act of destruction does not vary much. Beauty if vapour from the pit of death.
I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
No matter how carefully you plan it, there are times when you suddenly find yourself a committee of one, in charge of lifting the entire world with a lever.
I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.
I have no regrets about being 'Doctor Who'. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
Life is like the rungs on a ladder. The reason they are placed so close together is that we can learn to take baby steps and reach our destinations safely.
In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science
The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.
My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.
