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Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: June 11, 1917 - December 1, 2008

Topics

Health Spiritual Humility Pride

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.

Beginning Process Marathon Sprint

I always understood my ancestry, like that of so many others in the Gulf Coast, to be a tangle of African slaves, free men of color, French and Spanish immigrants, British colonists, Native Americans - but in what proportion, and what might that proportion tell me about who I thought I was?

Men Me Free Color Thought Others

Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need an understanding of the people and their interests.

People Understanding You Country

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

Positive Attitude People Stupid Pay

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

Good Girl People Me Growing Up

I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.'

Debate Stop Say President Him Just

It was such a pivotal time in Elvis' life; he was just a poor boy from Tupelo, Miss. That's all he really was. He had the same feelings as everybody.

Life Time Feelings Boy Poor Same

I know there are many things California can offer - personally, professionally, meteorologically - that New York can't. It sounds awesome.

New York New Know California Awesome

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.

Walls Law Year You Leave Contract

I don't remember not playing games. I think my pre-industry experience is me building LEGO houses and wishing people would go through them.

Brenda Brathwaite

Experience People Me Building Think

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it.

Music People Same Out Excited Come

I did a lot of choral music in high school, and that was kind of my primary, stable outlet for music because I didn't feel comfortable being a soloist. It was a cool, safe space for me musically.

Music School Space Me Cool Feel

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