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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust -
We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
Harry Caray -
My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
Taylor Dayne -
My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
Daniel Bruhl -
Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
Zaha Hadid
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
Pat Benatar -
There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Take information technology. We have winners implementing CRM (customer relationship management systems) and losers implementing CRM. What mattered in technology is that the technology actually drives either cost reduction or superior strategy execution.
Tahl Raz -
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
Sam Ewing -
I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television.
Laura Dern -
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
Galileo Galilei
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In one sense 'there are' both universals and material objects, in another sense there is no such thing as either: statements about each can usually be analysed, but not always, nor always without remainder.
J. L. Austin -
Practice humility at first with man and only then before God. He who despises man, has also no respect for God.
Paracelsus -
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Lord Byron -
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
You are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.'
Alexandre Dumas -
It is especially shocking that such a tragedy can go on, year after year, with the rest of the world paying so little attention to it. My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and to the millions of displaced people in Colombia is that the world has not totally forgotten them.
Angelina Jolie
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I've always been entranced by writing.
Marv Levy -
If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me.
John C. Reilly -
It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.
Agyness Deyn -
My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.
Amber Tamblyn -
In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket.
Mikhail Baryshnikov -
It was a battered yellow Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones.
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