Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 23, 1910 - January 27, 2008

Topics

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My mother loved entertaining, and I've followed suit, so we have big celebrations for New Year, Passover, Thanksgiving and birthdays.

Joan Rivers

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It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

Jerry Brown

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I love Joan Didion, but I love her writing. I don't think meeting her could solve my problems or make me understand the world better.

John Darnielle

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Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right.

Maurice Strong

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I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.

Michael Franks

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An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

Tom Hopkins

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Look around on your next plane trip. The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers. Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older boys don't read at all, but hunch over video games. Parents and other passengers read on Kindles or skim a flotilla of email and news feeds.

Maryanne Wolf

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We all act differently in certain places. We don't want to admit it, but we're different where we grew up than we are with our family and than we are with the guys that we went to college with or our fraternity brothers. People just exist differently. It's small, subtle things, but different colors come out. That's all there is to it.

Mike Colter

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I just like, when you look at people who have long careers in film, they're able to make films that are far away from themselves, because they're metaphorical. It creates more opportunities, I think.

Mike Birbiglia

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I had the best example set by my parents for what a couple can - and, in my opinion, should - be.

Brett Young

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No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February.

Suze Orman

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Life is just a flick of the fingers. Let's face it. And any little bit - you can expand it or enrich it, I think you want to push that and do it.

Peter Beard

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