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Joseph Butler Quotes

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: english
Birth: May 18, 1692 - June 16, 1752

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Consequences Desire Why Will Things

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

Democracy Enjoy Never Forget Mission

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Economy Haiti Must Cannot Just Few

Even printed, on pages that are bound, sentences remain unsettled organisms. Years later, I can always reach out to smooth a stray hair. And yet, at a certain point, I must walk away, trusting them to do their work. I am left looking over my shoulder, wondering if I might have structured one more effectively.

Work Walk I Am Hair Looking Reach

There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.

Christian America Nation Us Whole

I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.

Work Wife Me Bridge Bicycle Used

The state is going to be present where it has to be for every Argentine, especially for the neediest of us.

Present Where Us Going State Every

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Morning Best Me Wake Up Saying Cat

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

Talk Means Settling Disputes

I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get those flashback memories of conversations you had with your exes, and you just, like, wince when you're walking down the street. Something occurs to you, 'Oh, no, I said that.'

Relationship Memories Think Walking

The issues that cross a president's desk are never easy. The easy questions don't even get to the president.

Questions Easy Desk President Never

The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact.

Michael Nesmith

People Control Internet Resources

One minute, I really am in awe of filmmakers, and I want to be working in film, and then the next minute, I get the itch to get back on stage.

Back Want Awe Next Stage Film

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