Edith Wharton Quotes
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.Edith Wharton
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
Aaron Lazar -
My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
Nancy Pelosi -
As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
Walter Gropius -
I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
Uwe Boll -
Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
Aaron Neville -
If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
Ada Yonath
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The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.
Nancy Pearcey -
I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
Laura Marling -
Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
Veronica Roth -
If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
Magic Johnson -
I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
Ednita Nazario
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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
Yves Saint Laurent -
When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.
Edmund Leach -
I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
Sam Brownback -
When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
Maisie Williams -
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde
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It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a days journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed.
Herodotus -
The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth's most customer-centric company.
Jeff Bezos -
I shine in tears like the sun in April.
Cyril Tourneur -
We need to really get very serious about a transition toward new and renewable sources of energy.
Patricia Espinosa -
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
Edith Wharton