Edmond Jabes Quotes
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Napoleon Hill -
So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
Vince Cable -
It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
Kacey Musgraves -
Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
Kate Adie -
I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
Idina Menzel
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Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
Orla Brady -
The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
Rahm Emanuel -
Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
Samuel Johnson -
But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor Of Earth, and up to Heav'n's unopening Door You gaze To-day, while You are You - how then To-morrow, You when shall be You no more?
Omar Khayyam -
Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. 'Yes,' they will say, 'wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold.' But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains.
Leo Tolstoy -
As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.
Akon
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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci -
My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
Matt Bomer -
I never know how much of what I say is true.
Bette Midler -
If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.
Donald E. Westlake -
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
Brian De Palma -
It's a particular skill, I think, doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music.
Lisa Hannigan
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I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
Barry Marshall -
Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
Victor Hugo -
Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.
Elon Musk -
The role of philosophy might be said to be to extend and deepen the self-awareness of mankind.
Iris Murdoch -
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.
Pierre Corneille -
Wandering creates the desert.
Edmond Jabes