John Cotton Dana Quotes
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
Pat Summitt
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
Florence Henderson
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
Garry Kasparov -
Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
Barry Ritholtz
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
Barney Frank
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I grew up as a child living 'Red Dawn.' I was leaping out of spider holes, mowing down Russkies at the age of eight.
C. Thomas Howell
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
A. E. Housman
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An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.
Wayne Dyer
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
Yuri Kochiyama
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I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.
Valerie Jarrett
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I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!
Natalia Vodianova
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
Ramakrishna
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My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.
Patrick J. Kennedy
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All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all of that in my brain, and I knew that there was this mad little genius at work here and I really wanted to do the film.
Jack Nance
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'Rookie' is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in.
Tavi Gevinson
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The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.
Calvin Trillin
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I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.
Zane Grey
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Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
Bob Plager
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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.
Victor Kiam
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I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
Eli Broad
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He who went to the kings to seek favors went away from Allah.
Umar
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Distress not yourself if you cannot at first understand the deeper mysteries of Spaceland. By degrees they will dawn upon you.
Edwin A. Abbott
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Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
John Cotton Dana