W. C. Fields Quotes
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
Sam Kean
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
A. R. Ammons
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
Carlos Castaneda
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
Sadie Frost
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Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
Jack Kingston
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehot
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp
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I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.
Naomi Benaron
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
Gary Sinise
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
Yu Chui Yee
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
Carly Fiorina
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
Carlos Slim
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A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.
Ted Cruz
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Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
Orson Welles
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Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.
Fernando Torres
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
Carine Roitfeld
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I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue.
Lance Burton
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
Lou Holtz
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No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.
David Viscott
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Wilde is an invaluable acquaintance. Often, in situations where I am required to appear witty, I simply steal large chunks from his works and attempt to pass them off as my own with minor modifications.
Alexandra Petri
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
Garth Brooks
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It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.
P. G. Wodehouse
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
W. C. Fields