Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
Adam Davidson -
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
Edmonia Lewis -
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
Africa is the future.
Youssou N'Dour -
Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
Ted Olson -
Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
Sam Wyly
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
Flip Wilson -
Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
Taylor Sheridan -
We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
Umberto Eco -
Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.
Kate Voegele -
I'm a real optimist.
Barbara Sukowa -
I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
Rachel Platten
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I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.
Taylor Swift -
Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
M. J. Rose -
I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
Walter Dean Myers -
Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all over again, and you're creating a world, creating new characters. You're also tracking emotions. You're trying to create emotion and create a character that you can fall in love with for two hours.
Dan Scanlon -
I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw.
Yayoi Kusama -
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
Zhuangzi
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He's a hollow man. He believes in anything. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.
Dean Koontz -
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.
Charles Duhigg -
If you want to be in the world I live in, which is a creative world with new ideas, then you've got to get away from the norm. You've got to go for it.
Jerry Weintraub -
In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth.
John Olver -
What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
Barry Diller -
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
Thomas Carlyle