Bethany McLean Quotes
Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread.Bethany McLean
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
Vanna Bonta -
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
Taylor Caldwell -
The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
J. A. Konrath -
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
Beatrice Wood -
You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
Sam Shepard
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
Abraham Cahan -
I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
Rachel Zoe -
Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
Zhang Zhidong -
Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
Oscar Hijuelos -
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson -
I try and work out as much as I can. When I'm working or travelling, it's tough, but when I'm at home, that time and space is sacred. I do yoga every day.
Malaika Arora Khan
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
Ma Jun -
I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
Taylor Swift -
I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
Bar Paly -
Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it.
Walter Cronkite -
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Barry Commoner -
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
Edgar Winter
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I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
Ian Mckellen -
Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.
Yolanda Hadid -
I don't really have control over my path - only the Lord does - but I do have control over my decisions.
AJ Michalka -
I do make conversion, if conversion means really turning people to God - to have a clean heart and to love God. That's the real conversion.
Mother Teresa -
Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread.
Bethany McLean