Charles E. Wilson Quotes

Furthermore, the spirit of enterprise which had its first intellectual development in England has especially flourished here as well as throughout all of Canada, while the same spirit has become less virile in the land of its origin.

Charles E. Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1886 - January 3, 1972

Topics

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I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go.

Anna Faris

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What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

Shirin Ebadi

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In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Tom Seaver

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U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.

Miroslav Lajcak

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I was raised Christian; I was raised in the South where everybody's raised Christian, but at this point, I'm 41 years old, and I've been an atheist, at this point, a little more than half my life.

Jason Aaron

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The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.

Dawn Steel

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My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Claire Bloom

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When I met Bjork, I felt like it was a friendship first; it was like an oxygen you get from a person you only can exist with symbiotically. It's one of the most beautiful relationships I've had. She is incredible.

Arca

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I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

Anne Lamott

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Every reader re-creates a novel - in their own imagination, anyway. It's only entirely the writer's when nobody else has read it.

Susan Hill

ImaginationNobodyOwnOnlyWriter

Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian ownership of all multinational firms within the country. The result was a spectacular pullback, by companies such as IBM and Coca-Cola, and a stagnant economy.

Peter Blair Henry

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