George H. W. Bush Quotes
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
Carl Safina -
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
Iris DeMent -
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
Aaron Patzer -
We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
Hansie Cronje -
I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.
Gabriel Byrne
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My job is to look out on that world that I write about and be as honest as I possibly can about that world. If that's optimistic and uplifting, OK. If it's not, OK.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.
Nate Lowman -
It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
Aaron Eckhart -
I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.
Quvenzhane Wallis -
In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
Finley Peter Dunne -
In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of books in their old-fashioned codex form.
Alberto Manguel
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I have been performing and touring and doing shows all over the world. But it's really something special to get back on the U.S. cast of 'Stars on Ice.' It's something I let go because of family commitments.
Kurt Browning -
Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
James A. Garfield -
My colleagues on the Board of Governors and I understand the value of having a diverse financial system that includes a large and vibrant contingent of community banks.
Jerome Powell -
Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.
Carolina Herrera -
When we go to the pitch, that's all we want to do - we want to win - and when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy.
Diego Costa -
Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving.
Jan Brett
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Immigrants are integral to the strength of our nation. They deserve comprehensive reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship and ensure that families aren't torn apart.
Jan Schakowsky -
Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
D. H. Lawrence -
I don't do a lot of dating. I guess it's kind of like everyone is always trying to set me up with somebody, so we go out and hang out at a club or somewhere. I think dates are weird.
Matt Cohen -
Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it.
J. G. Holland -
Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.
Muhammad Ali -
No, I'm not anguished and tormented.
George H. W. Bush