Brin-Jonathan Butler Quotes
An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.Brin-Jonathan Butler
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
Carl Lewis -
Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
Gail Collins -
I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
Pamela Anderson -
In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
Radhanath Swami -
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
A. N. Wilson -
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Nawal El Saadawi
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus -
Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
Gates McFadden -
Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
Harold Prince -
Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
Irene Rosenfeld -
Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
Hansika Motwani -
We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
Wendell Willkie
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
Laura Osnes -
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. King -
People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
Olivia Wilde -
I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
Natalie Maines
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I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.
Taylor Momsen -
Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
Isaac Asimov -
Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? You should know that this slogan, this goal, can certainly be achieved.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
Twyla Tharp -
Chris Evans has embodied Captain America as well as any actor has ever embodied an iconic pop-culture figure like that. I go back to Chris Reeve as Superman as the gold standard, and I think Evans is right there.
Kevin Feige -
An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.
Brin-Jonathan Butler