Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Quotes
There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked.Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian -
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
Kara Walker -
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
B. Carroll Reece -
It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
Tahar Rahim -
I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
Randy Pausch -
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Orison Swett Marden
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
Harold Coffin -
Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
Banks -
There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
Walt Mossberg -
I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.
Camille Paglia -
French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
Vincent Cassel -
Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
Gary Herbert
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
Irina Shayk -
After years of research, I discovered 25 differences in the work-life choices of men and women. All 25 lead to men earning more money, but to women having better lives.
Warren Farrell -
War is the province of danger.
Carl von Clausewitz -
Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.
Garry Hynes -
I'm the third of five children.
Rand Paul
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I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare.
Kelly McGillis -
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.
John Scofield -
There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading.
Amandla Stenberg -
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
Loretta Lynn -
If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.
Eli Manning -
There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked.
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.