Constance Baker Motley Quotes
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
Og Mandino -
It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
Ralph Marston -
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
Utada Hikaru -
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken -
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
Ed Koch -
Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
Natalie Wood
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
Gary Coleman -
It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
Yvette Nicole Brown -
In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
Laura Carmichael -
You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
Zubin Mehta -
Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball, and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.
Garth Brooks
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The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
Salman Rushdie -
Politics ruins the character.
Otto von Bismarck -
I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
Lady Gaga -
I used to get 2000 as pocket money, and I was being offered a car and an opportunity to make lakhs, so I said a yes. I was a kid and got homesick over my 40-day schedule in Bangalore and decided that I would only do films in the South if they were 10-day roles.
Rakul Preet Singh -
When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
D. H. Lawrence
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There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
Sam Houston -
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.
Eric Burdon -
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
Ingrid Newkirk -
I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm a designer.
Frida Giannini -
May we now all rise and sing the eternal school hymn: "Attack. Attack. Attack Attack Attack!"
Danny Baker -
I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.
Constance Baker Motley