Preston Manning Quotes

I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it.

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• The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Country
  • American
  • Together

• When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.

  

  Laura Spencer
  • Character
  • Feeling
  • Know

• I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Life
  • Me
  • Adversity

• Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Turn
  • Angels
  • Hierarchy

• It's all about sound. It's that simple.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Simple
  • Sound
  • About

• If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • May
  • Grow
  • Only

• We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Writing
  • Study
  • Speech

• Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Proud
  • Only
  • Did

• If everything is the same, nothing is special.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • Same
  • Nothing
  • Special

• There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which correspond to the simplest organic radicals, can be prepared without too much difficulty, but they have the disadvantage of being spontaneously inflammable in air and are consequently very dangerous to handle.

  

  Victor Grignard
  • Air
  • First
  • Too Much

• I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do.

  

  Ram Kapoor
  • Think
  • Want
  • Lucky

• No one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Goal
  • Attitude
  • Ability

• I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Business
  • Kind
  • Successful

• My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Live
  • Balance
  • Philosophy

• Global warming is a fact. Now it's up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Good
  • Free

• It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • You
  • Reputation
  • Obvious

• Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

  

  Omar Khayyam
  • Why
  • Know
  • Drink

• I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Done
  • She
  • Man

• Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
  • Important

• Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.

  

  Ed Bliss
  • Excellence
  • Perfection
  • Mediocrity

• I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Man
  • Holy
  • Holiness

• I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Music
  • Respond
  • Rock Star

• I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it.

  

  Preston Manning