Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.Harry Emerson Fosdick
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
Taylor Lautner -
If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
Adam Grant -
Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.
Harold Prince -
To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
Irina Shayk -
There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
Umberto Eco -
Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
Rachel Cusk
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
Carl Barks -
Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
Samantha Power -
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
Walt Whitman -
I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.
J. K. Simmons -
It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.
Dale Murphy -
Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.
Zach Wamp
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A lot of people really like to answer questions, and they really enjoy sharing their knowledge. Especially people who have valuable knowledge.
Adam D'Angelo -
It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.
Nate Berkus -
You're not going to bring back all the jobs from China.
Dana Perino -
You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
Natalie Imbruglia -
I've lost audiences, I've recovered them.
Carlos Fuentes -
I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important.
Charli XCX
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Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction.
Karin Slaughter -
I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.
David Nail -
After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
Adam DeVine -
I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous.
T. J. Miller -
The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.
Harry Emerson Fosdick