Alessandro Baricco Quotes
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
Kate Winslet -
Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
Pamela Meyer -
My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
Rainey Qualley -
The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.
Jackie Earle Haley -
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
Gamaliel Bailey
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
Vicki Lawrence -
I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
Nathalie Sarraute -
When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.
Yoko Ono -
He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
Samuel Foote -
Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
Quincy Jones
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I hope of lightning our supply Will never be exhausted;You know it's lanterns in the skyFor angels who are losted.
Ogden Nash -
For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.
Yann Martel -
So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.
Larry Wall -
The most doubtful reasoning appears to us clear and conclusive, when we can, in any way, twist it to an accordance with what we desire.
Alexandre Vinet -
There's always something that needs attention when you own a property.
Dave Ramsey -
There are big winners in Paul Ryan's 'Roadmap,' and you can guess who they are. He would cut taxes for the wealthy, completely eliminate the corporate income tax, and create a value added tax.
Jan Schakowsky
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What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa.
Patty Judge -
Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.
Marquis de Sade -
Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.
Jim Hightower -
Before competition, as I stand in shoulder pads and cleats, my helmet in my left hand, adrenaline flowing and my heart raging under my right, I never forget the ills of America, but for a moment I envision its potential, remember its prosperity, and give thanks to God for the land He has placed me in and the people I love who live in it.
Benjamin Watson -
I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while.
Edward Enninful -
There is nothing that can, in the dark become true.
Alessandro Baricco