Karen Carpenter Quotes
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
Gabrielle Aplin -
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
Ira Glass -
If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
Dak Prescott -
The world is always terrible.
Salman Rushdie -
The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
T. R. Knight
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
N. Scott Momaday -
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
Walt Mossberg -
I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
A closed mind is a dying mind.
Edna Ferber -
Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
Yu Chui Yee
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The principal did not like the fact that the teachers would take my side. I always left an impression when I left the school - not for who I was but for what I did there.
Ram Charan -
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.
Xun Kuang -
I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
Natalia Makarova -
I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
J. Paul Getty -
When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.
Rachel Corrie
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I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart.
Anita Diamant -
I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions.
Zack Wheat -
I notice me. I notice you too. And there are simple things that we don't even try anymore. There's a way out of this. Beat the time. And every time I turn around we got some clever way to put each other down.
Edie Brickell -
Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to wear crippling foot fashions. This keeps them too busy with corns and bunions to compete in the job market.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters