Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson -
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
Carla Bley -
I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
Karen Fairchild Little Big Town -
Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
Famke Janssen -
People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.
Laura Amy Schlitz -
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
Wadah Khanfar
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
Tamsin Egerton -
You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
J. J. Watt -
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Nadia Comaneci -
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
Hans Rosling -
Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
Randeep Hooda
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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Calvin Coolidge -
It's nice to look out and see your family supporting you.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.
Mahavira -
A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer base or track their health and finances, their family and friends.
Nancy Gibbs -
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
O. Henry
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When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful but is always going to create waves.
Alex Sharp -
I had a really successful 2013, '14, '15. Touring, just doing my thing. Super - I mean, can't complain about nothing. And my road manager got killed. And it ruined everything. Now, I tell people - I don't know if this is a word. But I tell people that that re-sensitized me.
Terrence LeVarr Thornton -
I'm not a summertime guy. The only time I really enjoy the summer is touring and performing because there is nothing else for me to do at home. It's too hot, and you can't farm. You can't hunt.
Blake Shelton -
There must be something good in a thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot be explained, it is certainly enjoyed.
Baltasar Gracian -
I think it's a big disservice to our country and to our democracy to continue to raise these doubts.
Audie Cornish -
Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Ambrose Bierce