James F. Byrnes Quotes
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.James F. Byrnes
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
Nas -
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
Vanna Bonta -
If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
Karen Salmansohn -
My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
Lake Bell -
Prayer is man's greatest power!
W. Clement Stone -
But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
Rachael Leigh Cook
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
Walter O'Brien -
Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
Barry Eisler -
I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
Karlheinz Stockhausen -
I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
Barry McGee -
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
Idina Menzel -
Nature hates calculators.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
Harrison Birtwistle -
I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
Oliver Stone -
I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
Adam Arkin -
Being a teenager is hard.
Mae Whitman -
If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers.
Nancy Kress -
I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
Halldor Laxness
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And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.
Lois McMaster -
The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love.
Jean Reno -
Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon -
I wasn't a one-on-one type of guy.
Dell Curry -
I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.
Barack Obama -
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
James F. Byrnes