Abdoulaye Wade Quotes
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
Rand Paul -
Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth -
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
Vince Cable -
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
Edmund Burke -
I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
Kate Fleetwood -
I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
Samantha Shannon
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I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
Ted Naifeh -
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Felicia Hemans -
I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
Felicia Day -
I would never write a sentence that didn't have a nice rhythm, or at least I wouldn't leave it to be published like that. It seems to me that prose mustn't be prosaic.
Kate Grenville -
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
Faye Wattleton -
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
Queen Rania of Jordan
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
Oliver Goldsmith -
Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
Larry Hagman -
If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you've got an incurable cancer, boy, don't accept that. You know, go and get a second opinion.
Hamilton Jordan -
The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
Irwin Winkler -
When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.
Adam Grant -
I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
Karrine Steffans
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These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything.
Frances Bean Cobain -
There's really no way to fix this and still keep Perl pathologically eclectic.
Larry Wall -
There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
Pat Cash -
I go to Japan every November on vacation, and the one thing I never return home without is yuba, which is the thin skin that forms atop boiling soy milk. You skim it off and either eat it fresh or dry it.
Hanya Yanagihara -
We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.
Abdoulaye Wade