Rowan Williams Quotes

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.

Rowan Williams

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

PositiveEncouragementMoreMuch

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

Megyn Kelly

GoodBusinessRespectToughWish

The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.

John Mahoney

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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

Matthew McConaughey

ThinkGuiltyKnowClientsDefense

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

Jeffrey Archer

LifeMeRestEndJudgeMy Life

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men who'd had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven't really lived life?

Rudy Vallee

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Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.

Mason Cooley

LoveSurviveFriendshipsFewCould

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

Michael LeBoeuf

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Public influence is the real government of the world.

Josiah Warren

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People create from different places. Some love to create from a tortured place, some from a joyful place. And when I feel like I'm a 5-year-old kid in my backyard playing pretend, that's when I'm happiest.

Jonathan Groff

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When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

Christopher Dodd

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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.

Conrad Black

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