John Paul Jones Quotes
Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well.John Paul Jones
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
Dan Maffei -
I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
Sam Brownback -
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
Katee Sackhoff -
It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
Naveen Andrews -
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
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
Isaac Barrow -
If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
Rachel Zoe -
I have the strange ability to shut things out.
Mads Mikkelsen -
I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
Candy Crowley -
Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
Warren Rudman -
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I live for the text. It's my job.
Ian Mckellen -
If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
Francesca Annis -
A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
Kara Swisher -
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
Orison Swett Marden -
Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
Lars Ulrich Metallica
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If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.
Brigham Young -
If you know how to get fun out of the so-called discomforts, then you should know you are on the right lines.
Nirmala Srivastava -
There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
William Cowper -
What I do I am driven to do. I follow the dictates of a looming and unseen force. I try to become like a musical instrument, intruding no sound of its own but bringing forth such tones as are played upon it by a master's hand.
Arnold Friberg -
Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well.
John Paul Jones