Barack Obama Quotes
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.Barack Obama
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
Ian Thorpe -
Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.
Patrick Stewart -
Reverence is fatal to literature.
E. M. Forster -
I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
Wayne Rogers -
I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
Ira Glass
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
Caitlin Doughty -
The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
I got through college.
Daniel Craig -
I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
Adam Pally -
I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
Karl Malone -
Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
Iris Chang
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
A. S. Byatt -
I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
Randy Johnson -
Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
Valerie Bertinelli -
No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
P. J. O'Rourke -
IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
Walter Scott
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Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films.
Fred Willard -
I believe the quickest and most sure way to reduce poverty, raise living standards and create jobs around the world is to make economies and governments more open and free, thereby encouraging business and entrepreneurship.
Elliott Bisnow -
In science, one should use all available resources to solve difficult problems. One of our most powerful resources is the insight of our colleagues.
Peter Agre -
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.
Ronnie Wood The Rolling Stones -
We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.
George Bernard Shaw -
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.
Barack Obama