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James Hilton quote: "Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue. Chang -..."

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue. Chang - Lost Horizon (1933)

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But there's so much to learn," he said, with a thoughtful frown."Yes, that's true," admitted Rhyme; "but it's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters."That's just what I mean," explained Milo as Tock and the exhausted bug drifted quietly off to sleep. "Many of the things I'm supposed to know seem so useless that I can't see the purpose in learning them at all."You may not see it now," said... Norton Juster
I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how I'm going to be able to accomplish this feat, get jittery. That hunger and those butterflies in the stomach are very essential for all creative people. Amitabh Bachchan
Hubert H. Humphrey quote: "Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man."
Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. Hubert H. Humphrey
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. Charles Stanley
Glenn Beck quote: "You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of..."
You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me. Glenn Beck
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. When far away an interrupted cry. Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height, A luminary clock against the sky. Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night. Robert Frost
When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right. David E. Kelley
George Byron quote: "If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad."
If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad. George Byron
Paul Harris quote: "Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy..."
Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched. Paul Harris
William Golding quote: "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not..."
We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything. William Golding
It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives. Charles R. Swindoll
Charles Erwin Wilson quote: "It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to..."
It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to make birth control retroactive. Charles Erwin Wilson
In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism. John Bolton
I like meeting all my fans and signing autographs, although it can all get a bit crazy. Yesterday, for example, a boy just came over and planted a big kiss on my face! I was like, 'Hello?' Britney Spears
What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture. Thomas Sowell