Gene Stratton-Porter Quotes
If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.Gene Stratton-Porter
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
Adam Braun -
Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
Carli Lloyd -
I don't wear plaid shirts.
Larry Gagosian -
I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
Victoria Osteen -
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Victor Hugo -
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
Barack Obama
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I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leverage their impact on the brands, and the brands can leverage their buying power on tens of thousands of polluters - suppliers - in China.
Ma Jun -
I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization is to create a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.
Zach Anner -
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
I think you have to be careful. You have to know exactly what is going to resonate with voters. And you can't get ahead of that. You have to be very careful with your approach.
Wendy Davis -
Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.
Zaha Hadid
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'Habibi' is a complex and unapologetic work of fantasy - no idle undertaking for readers of any faith or no faith at all, but one well worth the trouble.
G. Willow Wilson -
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
Xun Kuang -
We won't be in any reggae publications or websites.
Leighton Paul Walsh -
Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.
Laura Linney -
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
Carl Honore -
I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.
Vince Vaughn
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We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do-a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.
William Makepeace Thackeray -
Success is the reward for toil.
Sophocles -
I've got a nine iron that says otherwise.
Kiersten White -
If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.
Gene Stratton-Porter