William Arthur Ward Quotes
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile.William Arthur Ward
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
V. S. Naipaul -
I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
Zoe Kravitz -
The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
Wendy Kopp -
I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
Oxana Chusovitina -
My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
Mahershala Ali -
Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
Safra A. Catz
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
Adam D'Angelo -
Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
D. B. Sweeney -
You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
Sabrina Bryan -
I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
Taya Kyle -
I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
Eddie Trunk -
There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
Patrick Duffy
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
Famke Janssen -
I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
Ogden Nash -
A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
Maisie Williams -
Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
Vicki Delany -
Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
Pankaj Mishra -
Devaluations are never easy.
Jeffrey Sachs
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Exercise has its hazards. Runners are sidelined by shinsplints, freestylists by swimmer's ear, and who hasn't heard of tennis elbow? But the fitness buff of the '90s has a far greater worry. StairMaster Butt.
Jake Tapper -
I make good music for long journeys.
The Weeknd -
From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
La India -
It gets worse and worse, it reinforces this idea of women as sexual objects, right; there's this idea of women as playthings for their amusement... that we are not meant to be treated with respect.
Anita Sarkeesian -
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile.
William Arthur Ward