Mary Beard Quotes
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
Aaron Lazar -
A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
Barry Jenkins -
I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
Lara Stone -
A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
Ted Danson -
I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.
Adam McKay -
I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.
Abraham Maslow
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
Jack Kevorkian -
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
Parker Stevenson -
Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
Garth Brooks -
Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
Madhur Mittal -
I always tell people I'm very large in Uzbekistan.
Iris Apfel -
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
Hans Selye
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Edith Sitwell -
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
W. Eugene Smith -
Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.
Calvin Johnson -
Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
W. Bruce Cameron -
Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
Gaston Caperton -
I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
Frances McDormand
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We only take on projects that we're really passionate about.
Kourtney Kardashian -
Sometimes, men just need a little push. Men won't always be like, 'You are so beautiful. You look great today.' And sometimes women want to hear that.
Jessie James Decker -
Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect that each person has a life and purpose that is their own; do not treat people as objects to be exploited].
Immanuel Kant -
I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can seem regional and small, and of course that's not the case at all when you start to read the work.
Natasha Trethewey -
If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
J. C. Watts -
There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.
Mary Beard