Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
Laura Benanti -
I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
Warren G. Harding -
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
A. R. Ammons -
I am always locked in my design studio.
Valentino Garavani -
I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
Vicente Fox
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
Malcolm Wilson -
I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
Adam Brody -
I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
Patrick Wilson -
I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
Francesco Carrozzini -
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
Hari Kondabolu
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
Hannah Simone -
Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
B. F. Skinner -
I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.
Idris Elba -
As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.
Carlton Cuse -
I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
Valeria Mazza
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
Becky G -
Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
Taron Egerton -
The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
Dana Carvey -
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Henry Ward Beecher -
I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them.
Zaha Hadid -
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
Ulysses S. Grant