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Wendell Willkie Quotes

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

Wendell Willkie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 18, 1892 - October 8, 1944

Topics

Busy Thinking Cry Others Out Own

My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.

John Lydon

Fear Myself Repeating Biggest

I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they're huge or not, you know? I'm the kind of person who doesn't realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon.

Anna Kendrick

Fire People Perception Think You

When you get stuff for free, you have no self-worth.

Stacey Dash

Free You Self-Worth Get Stuff

The biggest kick is reading something new and exciting and then getting other people to share your enthusiasm. Beyond all the cant and hypocrisy in publishing, that's what it's all about.

Sonny Mehta

People Reading Enthusiasm Hypocrisy

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.

Tom Waits

Live Music Death Conversation Wonder

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Mitt Romney

Mind Think Better President Question

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

Lisa Scottoline

Woman People Mom Lawyer Want Kind

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

Dirk Benedict

Impossible Parent Place Difficult

Actually, in the wild, we'd be the only person that we wouldn't recognize, if you think about it.

Diana Wynne Jones

Think You Person Wild Only Actually

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid, I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

Bobby Orr

Practice River Wait Ice Play Kid

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

Arpad Busson

Responsibility Simple Help Others You

Technology can be used to make people's lives easier, to reduce inequality, to facilitate inclusion, or to solve intractable global problems, but without dialogue and governance, it can be used against humanity - the choice on how we use technology is ours.

Sharan Burrow

Technology People Problems Humanity