Carolyn Wells Quotes
... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.Carolyn Wells
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
Ida B. Wells -
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Mahatma Gandhi -
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn Blur -
I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
Rami Malek -
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Nate Parker -
I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.'
Caprice Bourret
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The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
Lapo Elkann -
My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
Frances McDormand -
Honestly face your inner poverty as a means of discovering your inner wealth.
Vernon Howard -
'Gold,' says the Consul, knowing that this is the only syllable that has held its power over the ages.
Dan Simmons -
It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable.
Isaac Asimov -
Lindsey Buckingham and I went up to Aspen and we went to somebody's incredible house and they had a piano and I had my guitar with me and I went in their living room, looking out over the incredible Aspen sky and I wrote 'Landslide.'
Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
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When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit.
Don Lemon -
The attraction in this city is money, from gambling. What you are if you work here is a shill.
Joe Williams -
We're doing what we want to do, and that's why the kids respect us.
Mike D The Beastie Boys -
I believe Randy Orton is one of the greatest of all time.
Jinder Mahal -
If you rank the top 50 one-day moves in the S&P 500, a fair number of those happened within the last five or 10 years. That tells you that we're in a different, riskier market now.
Andrew Lo -
The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.
David Icke
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The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
Ted Shackelford -
I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.
W. Somerset Maugham -
Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
Ida B. Wells -
Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
Brown Campbell -
Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to the Giver of all, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehension of punishment.
Oliver Goldsmith -
... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.
Carolyn Wells