Nelson Mandela Quotes
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
Wayne Dyer -
It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
Zora Neale Hurston -
I don't think I have a signature.
J. J. Abrams -
Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
Larry Hovis -
I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
Nastassja Kinski -
I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
Jackie Collins -
I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
Beau Willimon -
My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
Zach Roerig -
I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
Rachel Griffiths -
The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
Naftali Bennett
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This is America, not a banana republic.
Vincent Bugliosi -
I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
Valerie Plame -
That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
Patricia Cornwell -
I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
Vincent Bugliosi -
You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through if you're not careful.
Jack Harbaugh -
The best leaders over the long term are those who have a sound home life.
Patrick Lencioni
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
Samuel Johnson -
For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and brother of all priests. His mandate is to confirm the brothers in the faith.
Pope Benedict XVI -
Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
Virginia Woolf -
I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
Larry Hagman -
We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on.
Gabrielle Zevin -
I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.
Nelson Mandela