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Sir William Temple

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SAMUEL JOHNSON A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.
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But you yourself may serve to...
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WILLIAM TEMPLE SR. Christianity is the most materialistic of all religions
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SIR WILLIAM BRAGG My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
SIR WILLIAM JONES Well languag'd Danyel.
SIR WILLIAM BROWNE The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal car...
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SIR WILLIAM HALEY Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they lea...
SIR WILLIAM HALEY Pain with the thousand teeth.
SIR WILLIAM WATSON The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.
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SIR WILLIAM WATSON The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent.
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SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
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SIR WILLIAM DRAPER Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook it shines.
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
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SIR WILLIAM OSLER The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
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SIR WILLIAM OSLER Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
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TEMPLE GRANDIN Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach.
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TEMPLE GRANDIN It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for...
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TEMPLE GRANDIN Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adu...
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.
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TEMPLE GRANDIN I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.
TEMPLE GRANDIN I'm a defensive stopper. That's what I live for.
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE Good luck needs no explanation.
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE I am different, not less.
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PETER TEMPLE I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international r...
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TEMPLE GRANDIN You gotta bleed 'em in 60 seconds or less.
TEMPLE GRANDIN I thought I could fix everything with engineering.
TEMPLE GRANDIN The head must be dead. I can't stress that enough.
TEMPLE GRANDIN We wish Steve all the best in his new venture and thank him for his devotion, talents and vision ove...
AUBREY TEMPLE There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come...
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TEMPLE GRANDIN I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which ...
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TEMPLE GRANDIN The funding we do receive, we'll be using that to help us continue to provide services for our presc...
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BRENDA TEMPLE I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to...
TEMPLE GRANDIN I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our...
TEMPLE GRANDIN If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.
TEMPLE GRANDIN I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in po...
TEMPLE GRANDIN What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool?

You would have a ...
TEMPLE GRANDIN We thought it was very important to tell our readers that the reaction to these cartoons was outrage...
JOHN TEMPLE You just assumed he’d buy I was really your girl? What if he’d called your bluff? (Roya Clairen)...
TEMPLE CARVER It's OK to be an eccentric; it's not OK to be a rude and dirty eccentric.
TEMPLE GRANDIN finest ideals of the acting profession.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE On the Good Ship Lollipop.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE I stopped believing in santa clause when at age six my mother took me to a department store to see h...
SHIRLEY TEMPLE What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like t...
TEMPLE GRANDIN I was fascinated with optical illusions.
TEMPLE GRANDIN Still having ‘a thing’ for her implies I had her at one time and have experiences that give foun...
TEMPLE CARVER Animals make us Human.
TEMPLE GRANDIN My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got t...
TEMPLE GRANDIN Many people consider me an old friend.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a sc...
SHIRLEY TEMPLE Autism is an extremely variable disorder.
TEMPLE GRANDIN