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"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
"Achievements take leaders' name everywhere. Character keeps those names wherever they reach. A leader with no trust soon fades no matter how far he goes."
"In my father's last letter he said that the world is run by those willing to take the responsibility for the running of it. If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent."
"Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry."
"Never allow your limitations to tie you down for failure to whip."
"The Pilgrims had vision and hope because they lived in the dimension of eternity. Their strength of spirit was forged by a personal faith in God, by tough discipline, and by regular habits of devotion."
"The human race has the power right now to destroy itself. Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves."
"If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer."
"The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process."
"Millions of candles can be lighted from a single candle and the lifespan of that single candle will never be shortened! Feel free to share your success stories with every loved one out there, it will strengthen them but will never weaken you in any way."
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"That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people."
"Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make."
"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."
"Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case."
"I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it."
"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."
"Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show."
"At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings."
"There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end."
"We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension."
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