William Stafford Quotes
They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king.William Stafford
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
Larry Hagman -
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson -
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
Iain Duncan Smith -
'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
Gary Ross -
I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
A. P. Herbert -
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
Samantha Power
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.
Dag Hammarskjold -
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
Yao Ming -
I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
Jack Dangermond -
I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
Valerie Trierweiler
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
Nancy Lublin -
The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
Samantha Morton -
I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
Ranbir Kapoor -
I buy when other people are selling.
J. Paul Getty -
You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
Malorie Blackman -
If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
Abraham Lincoln
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We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.
Ferdinand Marcos -
If children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works.
John Rowland -
So far, the biggest regret I have in regards to the world of 'Red Queen' is that I didn't get to world-build enough. I don't think I did enough work explaining how the world came to be, and while I'm planning to go more into it, I'm a greedy writer, and I'm always going to wish I had more room to delve into the complexities of a fantasy realm.
Victoria Aveyard -
Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.
Jack Layton -
The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
Karl Rove -
They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king.
William Stafford