James Thurber Quotes
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
James Thurber
Quotes to Explore
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
B. Carroll Reece
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
Lao Tzu
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
Paris Hilton
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
Waylon Jennings
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
Abby Wambach
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
Jackee Harry
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Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
Patrick Ness
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
Ted Ligety
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My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
Carl Schurz
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
J. R. Martinez
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
Ada Yonath
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I was very insecure. I figured the only thing I can do is just work harder than everybody else and be useful. So I would anticipate when a client would need a cup of tea. I would anticipate when they wanted to rewind the tape. I would anticipate when they were going to do a vocal.
Jimmy Iovine
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The problem is Silicon Valley, which is an amazing ecosystem, also ends up being an amazing bubble, with white guys talking to white guys about white-guy problems. So it's great, but you kind of miss a lot of things around you.
Maelle Gavet
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Music can tear me up inside.
Florence Welch
Florence and the Machine
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When I start a book, I write a minimum of five pages every day, except weekends. If I'm going on a ski trip, I take my computer with me, get up at six, do my five pages, and then go skiing.
Elizabeth George
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I wanted to be an architect. I used to draw houses and buildings and construct buildings on my own.
Boyd Holbrook
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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
James Thurber
