Jim Valvano Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
Sam Childers -
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Samuel Johnson -
My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
Wayne Thiebaud -
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
Nathan Myhrvold -
America is another name for opportunity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
Nate Powell
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
Jack Germond -
I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
B. D. Wong -
I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
K. D. Lang -
I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
Fay Godwin -
The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
Idris Elba
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
Baz Luhrmann -
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
Zooey Deschanel -
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
Edgar Bronfman, Jr. -
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
Felix Dennis -
Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
Kate Christensen -
My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
Orson Welles
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Black Lives Matter is really an affirmation for our people. It's a love note for our people, but it's also a demand. We know that the system was not designed for justice for us.
Opal Tometi -
There's nothing more Broadway than 'Hedwig.' It's very family-friendly. There's innuendo and stuff, but not more than you'd see on TV.
John Cameron Mitchell -
If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.
Twyla Tharp -
For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.
Gail Collins -
It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.
Dalai Lama -
I talked about my family, my family's so important.
Jim Valvano