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John Locke Quotes

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704

Topics

Knowledge Mind Reading Thinking Only

The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.

Joachim de Posada

Life Community People Country Person

I drive a Lincoln Town Car.

Car Drive Town Lincoln

I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings.

House Over Little Guest Come Studio

For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.

Life Women Service Commitment Men

I taught myself HTML.

Steve Jurvetson

Myself Taught HTML

I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

School People High School Run High

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

Writing Find My Own Hard Own Crap

There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.

Job Congress Reason Students Own

It's not about creating something that eight billion people would like. It's about creating something and being able to reach the maybe, like, one million people that would like it a lot.

People Reach Creating Something Able

There are some good space battles in some of the later series, but that wasn't why you were tuning in every week. You were tuning in every week because Spock was a fascinating character. Because his friendship with Kirk was profound and really unusual.

Ronald D. Moore

Friendship Good Character Space You

Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life Experience Blessings My Life

If the challenge wasn't there, there's no reason to say 'yes' to the role.

Challenge Say Reason Yes Role

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