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We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying… — Fred Rogers
No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is a… — David O. McKay
If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case.… — Edward Tufte
The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full… — Ezra Taft Benson
What do you call that nice, shiny white metal they use to make sidings and airplanes out of? Aluminum, right? Aluminum, pronounced 'uh-LOO-mih-num', right? Anybody… — Isaac Asimov
Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control… — Ida Tarbell
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards. — Michelle Bachelet
I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies. — Paul Thomas Anderson
Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaulâ€™s research is extraordinary; his writing is… — Debby Applegate
Donâ€™t be afraid to discard work you know isnâ€™t up to standard. Donâ€™t save junk, just because it took you a long time to write… — David Eddings
By every mortal standard, the worst faeries in the world were those in the Dark Court. They fed on the baser emotions; they engaged in… — Melissa Marr
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we… — Robert Muller
I think that people who study the scriptures get a dimension to their life that nobody else gets and that canâ€™t be gained in any… — Bruce R. McConkie
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to… — John Holdren
Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Donâ€™t strike first, donâ€™t steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently fail to live… — Mary Ruwart
And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our… — Aleksander Kwasniewski
I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules. — Michelangelo Antonioni
I am intentionally avoiding the standard term which, by the way, did not exist in Euler's time. One of the ugliest outgrowths of the "new… — George Polya
A real gold standard is thoroughly consistent with [classical] liberal principles and I, for one, am entirely in favor of measures promoting its development. — Milton Friedman
Underlying all your choices, particularly subject matter and the way you represent it, should be your own personal scruples, the standards and rules that you… — Richard Schmid

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