Studs Terkel Quotes
Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought.Studs Terkel
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
Sam Heughan -
Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
Harbhajan Singh -
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
H. L. Mencken -
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
Garth Ennis -
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
D. H. Lawrence -
The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
Carlisle Floyd
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I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.
Nate Diaz -
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wanted to do it. So, it didn't come from me watching my father. I didn't know the sport existed; therefore, I wasn't really interested in it until I saw it.
Laila Ali -
I think you find universal truth when you get really honest with yourself and you can reach people. If you go deep enough, you have that core feeling, and that feeling can transcend the details of your experience.
Rachel Platten -
In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
Gale Norton -
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
Barbra Streisand -
The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
Karl Marx
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'Is there anyone or anything in this city which can’t be bought?' I said, slipping him a note.'Yeah,' the man said, laughing quietly. 'But I’m not it.'
Alastair Reynolds -
There are a lot of kicks out there in taekwondo that are flashy, so I like all of those. My favourite is probably chop because I'm better at it than the others. But I like a good back kick if I can nail it well.
Bianca Walkden -
I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.
Douglas Brinkley -
It's still a soft R, but when I watch other people's standup, I'm dumbfounded that people call me dirty. That's only because I did family television.
Bob Saget -
If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own one, either.
Andy Summers The Police -
Whenever you can manoeuvre your characters into a situation where they both have a good argument to make, you're on the right track.
Marc Guggenheim
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Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.
Kevin O'Leary -
I have never understood the appeal of babies, they seem such horrible creatures most of the time!
Douglas Feaver -
There is no such thing as muddle - obscurity, yes - but muddle can exist only in a disorderly brain.
Agatha Christie -
I don't want a boyfriend just for the sake of it. I don't trust most people out there. There's too much at risk and I don't need to be a notch on somebody's bedpost. I'll flirt with you all night long, but then it's buh, bye!
Mariah Carey -
I just started writing down my thoughts on forestry in general, and some of the experiences that I've had with land management and forestry management. Then I realized, hey, I've got enough for a book here.
Charles Alfred Leavell The Allman Brothers Band -
Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought.
Studs Terkel