Mark Twain Quotes
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
Ed Koch -
I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
Larry Holmes -
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
Mahershala Ali -
Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
Karl Rove -
I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
Nate Silver
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
Candace Bushnell -
Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
Farnaz Fassihi -
I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
J. J. Watt -
Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
Sam Wyly -
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
Gavin Bryars -
I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.
Natalie Maines
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
Gary Hamel -
For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
Felix Dennis -
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
Harold Washington -
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
Sabrina Carpenter -
My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
Valerie Jarrett -
To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
Adam Clarke
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I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.
Dougray Scott -
I like Instagram - it's a good way to keep up with my friends without having to text or call all the time, and I really like Snapchat.
Nick Jonas Jonas Brothers -
If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else.
Andy Weir -
He was carrying a suitcase with clothing in order to stay and another just like it with almost two thousand letters that she had written him. They were arranged by date in bundles ties with colored ribbons, and they were all unopened.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
John Steinbeck -
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
Mark Twain