P. T. Barnum Quotes
The plan of 'counting the chickens before they are hatched' is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.P. T. Barnum
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
Tammy Duckworth -
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
e. e. cummings -
Experience by itself is not science.
Edmund Husserl -
When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
Orison Swett Marden -
But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class.
Dan Wheldon -
When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
Laura Marling
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Oscar Wilde -
Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I did a few DJ gigs at empty clubs, sort of as a warm-up set before Flume was a thing. I did one when I got big enough, and I had five friends come down, and they were the only ones dancing. That was one of my earliest ones. I was super nervous.
Flume -
Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
T. J. Miller -
The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
Aaron Neville
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
A. N. Wilson -
I sometimes ask people, 'Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you're having, not the emotions that you're having, but the very presence of your very being?' You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.
Eckhart Tolle -
Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
J. G. Ballard -
I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.
Dana Schutz -
I've always been way closer to my mom. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships.
Katherine Schwarzenegger
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Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.
Leila Janah -
Craziest thing I've done for love is getting married. I think it's crazy. I think it's crazy, crazy, crazy. I'm never going to say I wouldn't do it again but I have to make sure it's love and not settling for the 'I have to do this by a certain age,' which is kind of what I did.
Jenny McCarthy -
After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become.
Marcel Proust -
The plan of 'counting the chickens before they are hatched' is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.
P. T. Barnum