By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie.
BILL VAUGHANIt’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.
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The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude.
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Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
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What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
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On the one hand, it’s common sense it’s hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
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Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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These are days you’ll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.
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I’m an actor. And I guess I’ve done so many movies I’ve achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.
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Do not expect too much of the end of the world.
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We didn’t used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.
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