Nelson Algren Quotes
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
Gary Hamel -
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
Fanny Kemble -
In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
Barry Ritholtz -
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
Naomi Klein -
I've actually done a lot of comedy.
Natalie Zea -
It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
Vin Scully
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
Olly Murs -
A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
Rand Paul -
I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
Carlos Ponce -
As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
Ofra Strauss -
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. Forbes -
It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
Forest Whitaker
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It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
L'Wren Scott -
The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
Gary Sinise -
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
Bat for Lashes -
I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
Sammy Hagar Van Halen -
I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
Jack Irons Pearl Jam -
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
Lao Tzu
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
Maggie Rowe -
It's strange because even in the vaudeville days, ventriloquists were never the main attraction. They were the guys brought out to stand in front of the curtain while sets were being changed. Ventriloquism wasn't even celebrated as an art until Edgar Bergen came along in the 1930s.
Jeff Dunham -
Suggestion can shape dreams, and the dreams themselves then operate as action. A strong dream can be a more significant psychic action than any physical experience, and it can change the course of the personality completely.
Jane Roberts -
The vote has been costly. Prize it...understand what it means and what it can do for your country.
Carrie Chapman Catt -
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Johann Kaspar Lavater -
What country is there for a white man who isn't white?
Nelson Algren