Walter Bagehot Quotes
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.Walter Bagehot
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The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.
Zach Braff -
I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
Yasmine Al Masri -
I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
Sam Hunt -
Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
Samantha Power -
What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
Paddy Ashdown -
I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
Usher
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
Karan Mahajan -
You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
Larry Gagosian -
I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
Daniel Barenboim -
My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
Vanessa Paradis -
The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
Maggie Smith -
I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.
Gary Johnson
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
Adam Carolla -
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
e. e. cummings -
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
Abigail Adams -
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham -
My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
Mandy Patinkin -
Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.
Victoria Justice
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
Nathan Myhrvold -
We are not born to survive. Only to live.
W. S. Merwin -
A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.
Dan Pink -
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain -
The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves.
Albert Einstein -
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
Walter Bagehot