John Jacob Astor Quotes
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
Maggie Gyllenhaal -
All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
Isaac Hayes -
When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
Ofra Strauss -
I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
Warren G. Harding -
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
Abraham Maslow -
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
H. L. Mencken
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
Bebe Neuwirth -
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
Iris Murdoch -
I know what poverty is.
Manny Pacquiao -
Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
Vicki Lawrence -
About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
S. E. Hinton
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
Samantha Fox -
Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
Ted Deutch -
I love drama. Drama is, like, my thing. I want a movie that will move something inside me, that's going to shift something and keep me thinking.
Kate del Castillo -
'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.
L. J. Smith -
I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
Sally Struthers -
Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.
Wilford Brimley
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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
Bill Russell -
Next thing I know, there a baby in my ter-litt!
Kathy Griffin -
The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.
Karen Kain -
From a fort you get a trading post, and from a trading post you will get a city.
John Jacob Astor