top quotations of all time
anybody truth
On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be told. But the truth is that I didn't think anybody was going to read it. Kathryn Stockett
hands issues people
On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have. David Cameron
inspirational dance moving
On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that. Octavia Butler
funny hilarious witty
On the other hand, you have different fingers. Steven Wright
spiritual mean men
On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism Alfred Russel Wallace
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ideas people flow
Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea. William Weld
aspiration hardly hope tv website
Oprah's aspiration to inspire her audience with hope - elaborated on her TV show, in her magazine, and on her website - is hardly ignoble. Lee Siegel
addition magical store
Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard. Yotam Ottolenghi
Order and tidiness is the first law of Heaven. Brunello Cucinelli
actors film chosen
Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of. Zhang Ziyi
Top Happiness quotes
suicide oregon unions
Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide. Maggie Gallagher
law physics laws-of-physics
Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me. Craig Ferguson
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Ottolenghi sells lots of delicious sweet things, but my daily addiction is their unbelievable dark chocolate salted caramel biscuits. They're the best things in the world - I go through half a packet every night. I bring them out after pudding at dinner parties. Trinny Woodall
entitled justifies people power righteous unless
People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means. Alex Gibney
people shut-up should
People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it. Debra Winger
Top Life quotes
eye successful long
People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack? Randy Johnson
asserting cultural dominance gain kinds open people societies source status study
People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. Eric S. Raymond
music people tend
People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.' Big Sean
basketball people appreciate
People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table. Tyson Chandler
people trying world
People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world. Mickey Hart
Top Positive quotes
funny-inspirational people customers
People will buy anything that is one to a customer. Sinclair Lewis
mistake perfection faces
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. Kevyn Aucoin
standing-out diamond performances
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. Harold Geneen
home trying directors
Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose. Jane Campion
performing until
Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared. Seinabo Sey
Top Travel quotes
groups mammals males
Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies. Patricia Marx
moving focus trying
Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. Jenni Rivera
inspirational motivational perseverance
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful. Lupita Nyong'o
army high-heels jeans
Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress and high heels to ripped jeans and army boots. Shay Mitchell
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absolutely achieved believe certainty character exact fully generally good impossible men opinions personal persuasion question readily speech spoken true whatever
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided. Aristotle
amazing kid piece
'Peter and the Starcatcher' is the most amazing piece of theater I think I've ever seen. It made we want to be a kid again and made me want to pretend, which I do on a nightly basis. Steve Kazee
fun self people
Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved. Greg Lake
inspirational photography art
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce
life photography hate
Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate. Dorothea Lange
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pairs
Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob. Harry Houdini
attitude positive-attitude color
Pink isn't just a color, it's an attitude! Miley Cyrus
special far-away equipment
Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect Murray Gell-Mann
fell gospel hard kid love melodies music plantation stuff
Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories. Bobby Womack
play keys quality
Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner. Chad Smith
Top Love quotes
became british-actress develop gave playing plenty
Playing an alien gave me plenty of scope, and I was able to develop it once I became a member of the team. Sarah Sutton
although closer man playing quite revealing written
Playing live is closer to theatre, although when you're up there on your own, it's quite scary and revealing because you're playing your own songs. It's like a one man show that you've written yourself. Iwan Rheon
playing-music theory music-is
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. Derek Bailey
play mind shrinking
Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics. Lynn Nottage
needs actors done
Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers. Katori Hall
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life happiness happy
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. William Feather
cells body ability
Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body. Nathan Deal
transmission carrie
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. James Fenton
carries large life poetry
Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves. David Whyte
beautiful art way
Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. Horace Walpole
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