The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
BILL VAUGHANYouth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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I’ve still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.
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The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
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There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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The tax collector must love poor people, he’s creating so many of them.
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The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.
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The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.
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Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.
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The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.
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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
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Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
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Usually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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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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