Marge Piercy Quotes
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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.
Barry Levinson -
Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
Zig Ziglar -
You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
J. J. Abrams -
I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
Carli Lloyd -
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
Nathan Fillion -
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mahatma Gandhi
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When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
Jack Canfield -
I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
Dan Hill -
It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
Aaron Levie -
I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.
Veronica Roth -
I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
Karl Malone -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield
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In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows.
Octavio Paz -
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
Jackson Katz -
You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was off that night, and his replacement was the cab driver who dropped you off at the theater.
Dan Jenkins -
I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.
Yaya Toure -
At 11, I got my first job in a mini-series for America, and it was very exciting.
Tamsin Egerton
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Property is theft.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon -
I am in Ghost Rider but I'm not sure when it's coming out.
Donal Logue -
Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
Natasha Henstridge -
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.
Kim Dotcom -
As a filmmaker, it's not my intent to trigger or shape national discourse. My task is to make as powerful and understandable a film as I can. What happens next is what happens next.
Peter Landesman -
The powerful don't make revolutions.
Marge Piercy