David Lloyd George Quotes
All down history nine-tenths of mankind have been grinding the corn for the remaining tenth, and been paid with the husks and bidden to thank God they had the husk.David Lloyd George
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
Imelda May -
Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
Francesca Lia Block -
I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
Dakota Fanning -
If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
Sam Neill
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
Ted Deutch -
This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
Paris Hilton -
I love the game of football. I've been playing since I was 6 years old, and now that I am retired and not really into it physically, it's all about the mental part of it now. It's just coaching and teaching the game.
Randy Moss -
Everything I do now is a first.
Hailee Steinfeld -
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
Oriana Fallaci -
Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
Larry Hagman
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I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
Fay Vincent -
As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
Rachel Sklar -
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.
Victoria Toensing
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I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.
Jason Isbell -
I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.
Adena Friedman -
If you think about it, Jesus was this religious genius who grows up on the Silk Road, and so He's getting from the West all these Greek ideas from Plato about body and soul.
Jay Parini -
This is a game where if you don't have people who dislike you, then you don't know what it is to be liked. I've had a lot of dislike thrown at me in this game, but I've also had a lot of love.
Dominick Cruz -
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.
George Ayittey -
All down history nine-tenths of mankind have been grinding the corn for the remaining tenth, and been paid with the husks and bidden to thank God they had the husk.
David Lloyd George