William Ames Quotes

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

William Ames

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The reason there's not a dictatorship in Chile and that there's a democracy in South Africa and Portugal today - and that Haiti has a nascent democracy - is that the world community as a whole felt outraged. This is the reason Milosevic sits in a jail in The Hague. It's because the world has said, 'Enough.'

Joe Garcia

TodayCommunityDemocracyWorldSaid

Literature is such a profound and deep way to look into someone else's life, his mind, his hopes and thoughts. Books have opened so many doors for me, taking me to places where my normal life and its finite limits could never have.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeMindMeThoughtsLimitsDeep

I remember being so homesick and realizing that where I came from was not something that existed in the cultural imagination outside the city. People used to think Miami was just partying in South Beach all the time.

Jennine Capó Crucet

TimeBeachImaginationPeopleCity

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Andrew Lo

ManagementInvestmentTeachRisk

I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.

Anderson Cooper

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If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

Meg Greenfield

MotherPoliticsWillFirstGone

I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.

John Morgridge

TodayNetworkingSomeoneYouNever

I don't sing to people. I sing for them. I told that once to Elvis Presley. He bought it. After that Elvis sang not to but for the audience. A subtle difference.

Tony Martin

PeopleDifferenceAudienceSingHe

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

Russell M. Nelson

AdversityChildrenDeathMedical

As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.

Martin Yan

GoodFoodThinkLongMatterWell

I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.

Jason Bateman

RealityComedyEnjoyYouNeedUs

Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance.

Jose Angel Gurria

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