William Standish Knowles Quotes
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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Plan B is a plan to fail. You should always give 110% to what you plan to do for plan A.
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There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.
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My family gave me the best in education.
