Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
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Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
Barry Bonds
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
K. D. Lang
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
Warren Ellis
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For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.
Wallace Shawn
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
Natalie Wood
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I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
Beau Bridges
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India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.
Narendra Modi
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
Dana Perino
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
Samuel E. Morison
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
Ursula Burns
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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
Yancy Butler
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
Kate Atkinson
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
D. W. Griffith
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
Carine Roitfeld
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When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
Nandan Nilekani
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
Barack Obama
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I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.
Fiona Apple
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
Warren Buffett
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It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011.
Arthur Laffer
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...to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness.
Cameron Dokey
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Switching to light-coloured roofs and roadways would have the equivalent effect on greenhouse gas emissions to taking one billion cars off the road for eleven years.
Steven Chu
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I no longer know If I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.
Franz Kafka
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It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
Henry Ward Beecher