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The combination of a brand like Cartier and the immense heritage that India holds can go places.

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• Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Why
  • War
  • Cold

• What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Great
  • Country
  • Drama

• The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Believe
  • Sustainability

• I love blues. My grandfather did blues.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Grandfather
  • Blues
  • Did

• It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to see me all her life. And when she died, she made just one request: that a picture of me be put into her casket. So somewhere in England, I'm in a casket.

  

  Hank Snow
  • Life
  • She
  • Mother

• Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at a Republican newspaper in Richmond, Va. Read some of what he wrote about John Adams. This was a personal slander.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Look
  • Republican
  • Newspaper

• One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Why
  • Character
  • Movie

• Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Long
  • Success
  • Intelligence

• Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer-and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

  

  Ayn Rand
  • Power
  • History

• A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Man
  • Fame
  • Means

• Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.

  

  Laurel Clark
  • Parents
  • Thankful

• Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.

  

  Mason Cooley
  • Book
  • Past
  • Reading

• I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.

  

  Brian J. White
  • Work
  • Family

• I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

  

  Bill Kreutzmann Grateful Dead
  • Good
  • Different
  • Fun

• I'm literally an independent. Apolitical. So that I am not always going to be with the Left's perceived interests or the Right's perceived interests.

  

  Mary Jo White
  • Independent

• I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

  

  Chuck D
  • Up
  • Hope
  • Morning

• The 'Mahabharata' is a more complex and longer saga than the 'Ramayana,' which is like a fairy tale. It's much lighter and more fun, and at its heart, there's a cracking love story.

  

  David Farr
  • Heart
  • Fun

• I guess, as an Anglican, there's always room to move, which can be a dangerous thing, but also a very healthy thing, because bits of the great biblical tradition which you haven't fully plugged into before you've got the space to grow into... not least, the sacraments.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • Great
  • Space

• Honestly, I think the key has been, treat every assignment as if it’s your first one, you know? I think there is a misconception, especially that students have and I really make a point when I speak at schools to talk about the fact that you never really arrive. You are always working towards something but you never stop. I think there is this crazy idea that you get somewhere and then everything is cool.

  

  Dan Winters
  • School
  • Idea
  • Students

• El Perro del Mar sort of accompanied my time at 'SNL.' To concentrate and focus, I would play the bass to one of her songs from her third album.

  

  Fred Armisen
  • Time
  • Focus

• Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.

  

  Uta Hagen
  • Together
  • Fun
  • Tennis

• At the turn of the twentieth century, board games were becoming increasingly commonplace in middle-class homes. In addition, more and more inventors were discovering that the games were not just a pastime but also a means of communication.

  

  Mary Pilon
  • Communication

• The combination of a brand like Cartier and the immense heritage that India holds can go places.

  

  Mark Shand