Ann Maxwell Quotes
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
Candice Olson -
And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
Umberto Guidoni -
I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
Zaha Hadid -
A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
Dan Gilbert -
The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
Vic Snyder -
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
Ira Glass -
The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
R. W. Apple, Jr. -
I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
Laura Riding -
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
R. D. Laing -
I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
Danica McKellar -
Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
Ian K. Smith
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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
Samuel Johnson -
My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
J. B. Pritzker -
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
E. L. Doctorow -
Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.
Adam Lambert -
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
Carl Honore -
That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.
Harold Washington
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A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
Francis Parkman -
Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.
William Glasser -
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
Iris Chang -
I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.
Kali Uchis -
I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.
Richard Holbrooke -
I am far more pragmatic than the stereotype of the sex permits.
Ann Maxwell