Lincoln Steffens Quotes
My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.Lincoln Steffens
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
Sam Waterston -
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Adam Draper -
We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
Ted Cruz -
I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
Pat Cash -
It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
Kara Swisher -
America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
Jackie Walorski
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
Adam Peaty -
It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
Kate McKinnon -
Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
Vernon Howard -
I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
Paloma Faith -
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
It's great fun to play with a really good band.
Walter Becker China Crisis
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I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys -
As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
Victoria Osteen -
My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
Naveen Jain -
Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
Aaron Swartz -
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel Kant -
Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
Bai Ling
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People fall in love for mysterious reasons.
Jeff Bridges -
If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.
Dee Hock -
One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife.
Charles Ives -
I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
Winona Ryder -
My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, 'If people would only live by the Golden Rule, there wouldn't be the problems that there are.' In other words, 'treat people the way you want to be treated.' If somebody mistreats you, two wrongs won't make a right.
Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin -
My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.
Lincoln Steffens