John McLaughlin Quotes
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When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
Laura Moser -
I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
Aaron Sorkin -
If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
Hanya Yanagihara -
People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
Katee Sackhoff
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
Danica Patrick -
I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
Bat for Lashes -
I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
Daniel Barenboim -
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
Edgar Mitchell -
Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
Patrick Lencioni
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Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
Mal Peet -
There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
Magnus Scheving -
From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
Zac Efron -
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
J. Donald Walters -
I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
Bear Grylls
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First, I think it proper to express my unshaken opinion of the immortality of my soul or mind; and to dedicate and devote the same to the supreme head of the Universe - to that great and tremendous Jehovah, - Who created the universal frame of nature, worlds, and systems in number infinite . . . To this awfully sublime Being do I resign my spirit with unlimited confidence of His mercy and protection . . .
Henry Knox -
Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of thy being, and of that which is incident to it.
Marcus Aurelius -
Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.
Michael Mullen -
I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor.
Matthew Macfadyen -
I don't want just attitude and loud opinion.
John McLaughlin