Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
Narendra Modi -
My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.
Tamara Ecclestone -
When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
Malorie Blackman -
Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.
A. E. Waite -
People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
Patrick Lencioni -
Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
Abu Bakr
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
Daniel Barenboim -
Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
G. Gordon Liddy -
The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
Victor Ponta -
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
J. J. Abrams -
It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.
Barbara Bush -
I certainly wouldn't define myself as a northerner. I'm not even really sure what that means. I've lived in London for 50 years. I wasn't born here, but I have spent most of my life here. So I don't make much of it, to be honest. I'm just myself.
Ian Mckellen
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Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and how you live your life - online and off. Search engine companies offer a benefit in return: more relevant search results. The more they know about you, the better they can tailor information to your needs.
Barton Gellman -
Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do.
Patrick Rafter -
In my thirties I found myself, to use a colloquial fiction, in a suburban house at the foothills of the Dublin mountains. Married and with two little daughters, I led a life which would have been recognizable to any woman who had led it and to many others who had not.
Eavan Boland -
I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
Odette Annable -
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
Vikas Swarup -
The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
Omar Bongo
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I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they become bigger than they should be, really. There are things that people do every day in their little workshops that they'll take to heaven with them. You've got to realise that it's not everything, making films.
Hans Matheson -
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit, which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.
Edith Hamilton -
Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose if only a writer can make them long to know what happens next.
Lynn Coady -
But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?
Jeanne Tripplehorn -
The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as its greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.
John Ruskin -
Friendship is the heaven of life.
Thomas A. Edison