William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
Otto Weininger -
Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
Fareed Zakaria -
You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr. -
When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
Randy Moss -
I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
Natalia Vodianova
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
Fabrizio Moreira -
I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
Garry Wills -
This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
Patricia Heaton -
In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
Tariq Ali -
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
E. B. White -
I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
Sally Struthers
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
Tabatha Coffey -
I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. Philippe Rushton -
Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
Gail Sheehy -
I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
Sam Kinison -
I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
Bear Grylls
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People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them.
Henry Ward Beecher -
Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all.
Dennis Rodman -
There is a limit where the intellect fails and breaks down, and this limit is where the questions concerning God and freewill and immortality arise.
Immanuel Kant -
Always define your area of excellence. Establish the area where you will be the best.
Farrah Gray -
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace Thackeray