Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
Patrick Chappatte -
I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
Taya Kyle -
I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
Jack Bruce Cream -
My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
Calvin Johnson -
I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
Larry the Cable Guy -
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
Ramakrishna
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
Karin Slaughter -
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Samuel Johnson -
I'm still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events.
Karen Traviss -
The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.
Yitzhak Shamir -
I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.
Sam Smith -
Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives.
Felix Rohatyn
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The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent the fundamental building blocks of the whole superhero genre, whether it's a 'super' man able to lift cars, or a vigilante who terrorises criminals at night like Batman.
Adam Christopher -
I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an honest discussion about the failures of Washington.
Adam Hasner -
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
C. S. Lewis -
When you boil down the real facts and statistics of what carbon dioxide is doing to this planet... to not feel like you have to do something... I don't think you're human.
A. J. Buckley -
'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'
Tanith Lee -
Every sound perceived by the acute ear in the rhythm of the world about us can be represented musically. Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear.
Claude Debussy
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In the past, the greatest weapon the white man has had has been his ability to divide and conquer. If I take my hand and slap you, you don't even feel it. It might sting you because these digits are separated. But all I have to do to put you back in your place is bring those digits together.
Malcolm X -
If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
Haley Bennett -
I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
Paula Deen -
Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees -
The old-fashioned idea of a good manager is one who is supposed to know all the answers, can solve every problem himself, and can give appropriate orders to his subordinates to carry out his plans... A good modern manager is like a good coach who leads and encourages his team in never-ending quality improvement.
George E. P. Box -
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
Thomas Carlyle