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• First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.

  

  Beatrice Wood
  • Work
  • Me
  • First

• Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Men
  • Support
  • Beauty

• That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

  

  Quintilian
  • Perfection
  • Which
  • Soon

• When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

  

  Nathan Deal
  • People
  • Life
  • Science

• I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Think
  • Attention
  • Push

• Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Live
  • Nation
  • Ticket

• As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Together
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Love
  • Joy

• The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

  

  Fay Weldon
  • People
  • Individual
  • Greatest

• I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Good
  • Best
  • Thing

• You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Time
  • Space
  • Learn

• I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Trying
  • Myself
  • Accomplish

• I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Serious

• After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.

  

  Daniel Barber
  • Want
  • Earth
  • Camera

• When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • Fun
  • Action
  • Comedy

• Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

  

  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
  • Country
  • Identity
  • Diversity

• I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Perfect
  • Accept
  • Strangers

• Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Up
  • Need
  • Clothes

• Tony Scott was one of the best directors I've ever worked with, and I was devastated when I heard about his death. He was a great guy with great energy. But this is a difficult business, and people's lives are sometimes difficult.

  

  Christian Slater
  • People
  • Great
  • Business

• I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Pleasure
  • Nonfiction
  • Exclusively

• I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. They want something that's real, and I think I give that to them.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • People
  • Real
  • Trying

• I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay because it meant more women for me! I don't know what everyone's problem with it is. I wish everyone was gay! That's always the way I thought about it. I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn't they?

  

  Donald Trump, Jr.
  • Life
  • Time
  • Women

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  Alexandra Petri
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