James Weldon Johnson Quotes
Some men enjoy the constant strifeOf days with work and worry rife,But that is not my dream of life:I think such men are crazy.For me, a life with worries few,A job of nothing much to do,Just pelf enough to see me through:I fear that I am lazy.James Weldon Johnson
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
Lady Gaga -
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann -
We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Samuel Johnson -
You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
Nathan Fillion -
Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
Dan Fogelberg
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
Naomi Watts -
The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
Felix Dennis -
You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there's something funny about me.
Zachary Knighton -
I have an appetite to always learn.
Wayne Rogers -
I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
M. Stanton Evans -
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
Vidya Balan
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I don't talk in ifs.
Abdurrahman Wahid -
I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
Hailey Gates -
For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
Washed Out -
I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
Iggy Azalea -
I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
Garry Trudeau -
I spent my life - all my life - learning to wrestle. It's the only means of livelihood I've ever had and, uh, the only gimmick that I have in wrestling is wrestling.
Lou Thesz -
But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.
Natalia Ginzburg -
I should not like to leave an impression that all structural problems can be settled by X-ray analysis or that all crystal structures are easy to solve. I seem to have spent much more of my life not solving structures than solving them.
Dorothy Hodgkin -
The reason why we are disenchanted with ourselves is because we entertain in the depths of our psyche a kind of vision-an anticipated vision of what we could be if we would be what we might be.
Pir Vilayat Khan -
Some men enjoy the constant strifeOf days with work and worry rife,But that is not my dream of life:I think such men are crazy.For me, a life with worries few,A job of nothing much to do,Just pelf enough to see me through:I fear that I am lazy.
James Weldon Johnson