Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
mother writing journalist
My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.
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Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.
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I just shut (the pain) out, ... I told my body to shut up and keep going.
people
People have been so kind and generous. It has been amazing.
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We'll have a chance for even greater exposure.
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It's a great sport and Australia's really getting behind it now, and I hope this is the start of things to come.
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Although we lost the final game, I can't say enough about the effort given by all players throughout the tournament.
believe choices feelings
There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.
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Play is really the work of childhood
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It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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The ladies played great ball against some topnotch teams,
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My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible.
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We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.
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To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.