L. Frank Baum Quotes
For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.
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I made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul.
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I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
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Hubble showed us the marvel and majesty of stars being born.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.
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All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.
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For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.
