Spalding Gray Quotes
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
Abu Bakar Bashir -
Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
Nathan Fillion -
We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
Vanna Bonta -
Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
W. D. Richter -
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
Barbara Windsor
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
Ira Glass -
May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
Samuel Freeman Miller -
You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
Daniel Cormier -
It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
W. Bruce Cameron -
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
Oliver North -
I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
Nacho Figueras
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Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.
Ban Ki-moon -
Vladimir Nabokov said the two great evils of the 20th century were Marx and Freud. He was absolutely correct.
Dean Koontz -
In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.
David Horowitz -
Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.
Jason Silva -
My first major role was in a play called 'Through the Leaves.'
Ken Stott -
When you spend time with potential customers, you get to hear about their struggles firsthand. You see their eyes light up with excitement or darken with confusion. You learn things you would never find in a survey, database, or questionnaire. You learn why people buy.
Jason Fried
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I think, when I was little, I was a little obsessed with anything that provided luck: Buddhas, 4-leaf clovers, heads-up pennies, even - gasp - a rabbit foot - which actually kind of disgusts me now.
Alysia Reiner -
It's so important to spend your free time with little people. They grow up before you know it. Childhood is gone in the blink of an eye.
Alex Kingston -
I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.
Kelly Clarkson -
The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
Edmund Burke -
I love that there are beaches you can walk your dog on in San Francisco. Fort Funston is big and always packed with hundreds of dogs and their people. A great place to hike and get some exercise and fresh air with your well-mannered pup. Not recommended for antisocial dogs; there's just too much commotion there.
Jane Wiedlin -
How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.
Spalding Gray