Publilius Syrus Quotes
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
Tamsin Greig -
We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
Dana Perino -
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Sam Kinison -
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
E. L. Doctorow -
People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document, and people believe this.
Karl Pilkington
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
Orlando Bloom -
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Hans Haacke -
Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
Jackee Harry -
The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
Karin Slaughter -
The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
Dan Quinn -
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
Carine Roitfeld
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
Samuel de Champlain -
The two endorsements I'm most proud of come from Isabel Wilkerson and Toni Morrison. The latter is the greatest American fiction writer of our time, and the former is on her way to being the greatest American nonfiction writer of our time.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
Jack O'Brien -
You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
There are great fans in Chicago. I think you'd rather have them recognize than not recognize you.
Patrick Kane -
I ain't here to tell nobody what's right or what's wrong.
Fat Joe
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Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.
Adi Shankara -
The Bible nowhere states that people before the law observed the Sabbath as a day of rest or worship.
David K. Bernard -
during a bit about dogs
Bill Engvall -
I've been asked a million times to move to Nashville, but I just can't seem to do it.
Brantley Gilbert -
Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.
Barry W. Lynn -
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
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