top quotations of all time
character reflection growth
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Cesar Chavez
strong thinking leader
Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not. Michael Scheuer
inspirational motivational inspiring
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr.
mass shatter
Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center. Lalu Prasad Yadav
level lyrics music quite sound
Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused. Win Butler
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england climate new-england
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte. Francis Parkman
goal architecture financial
Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution. Henry Paulson
committed cutting schools tackling
Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime. Francis Maude
people profit-sharing program
Our people get profit-sharing checks. I got a report the other day that says that 84 percent of our people participate in our stock purchase program, where they can buy stock at a 15 percent discount. David Neeleman
party guests cocktails
Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list. Robert Stack
Top Happiness quotes
american-musician backstage believe broke guy hard publicist realised saw seven worked
Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant. Wayne Coyne
mean people driving
Our species is on the verge of changes that will fundamentally alter what it means to be human... and we are the people driving that change. Daniel Keys Moran
directly events experience future including passage passing present process
Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future. George Herbert Mead
department
Our State Department is often wrong and timid. Dana Rohrabacher
dream years racism
Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream. Lucille Roybal-Allard
Top Life quotes
grateful government iraq
Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation. Mike Fitzpatrick
Our view is that Quark can make almost everything smart. We'll show you some things that you would never have thought could become smart and communicate. Brian Krzanich
fire frying-pans thai
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Tertullian
america demand domestic increased last nearly produce sources
Over the last two decades, America has increased its demand for oil by nearly 30 percent, yet we have not expanded our ability to produce domestic sources of fuel. Tim Murphy
nashville years association
Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville. Don McLean
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song years band
Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those songs. Joe Perry
environment difficult shows
Overtime, hatchery fish tend to show signs of domestication and these traits adapted to the hatchery environment can make it more difficult to survive in the wild. Norm Dicks
hook largely pacing stories tried
Pacing has become more important than ever, largely because of other media. I've always tried to start my stories out with a bang, something that will hook their attention. Will Hobbs
achievement painting
Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement. Max Beckmann
wall support terrorism
Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Top Travel quotes
girl papa hours
Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours. Anna Freud
trying compromise controversial
Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it. Goldie Hawn
dad kids parent
Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad. Mark Hoppus
children acceptance parent
Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. Zachary Quinto
inspirational family children
Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. Barbara Walters
Top Beauty quotes
glasses people looks
Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me. Todd Solondz
blessed glamour leading-ladies
Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed. Selma Blair
abroad attracts country jealousy man others people reason resent states town united
Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little about: envy. The richest, most powerful country in the world attracts the jealousy of others in much the same way that the richest, most powerful man in a small town attracts the jealousy of others. Mohsin Hamid
art family passed
Passed down from generation to generation, storytelling was an art in my family. David Mixner
peace war ubuntu
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. Kin Hubbard
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economic europe peace states union united
Peace in Europe can only come through union in one economic system. The United States of Europe are overdue. Henry Williamson
best brightest gateway grants opportunity
Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students. Sheldon Whitehouse
lasts needs last-words
Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word. Joyce Meyer
inspirational motivational responsibility
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. Tom Stoppard
christian essence stories
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another. Anne Rice
Top Love quotes
exists notion whether
Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea. Christopher Nolan
revenge style soap
'Revenge' is a shameless soap in the style of Eighties shoulder-pad slap-offs like 'Dallas,' 'Dynasty' and 'Falcon Crest.' Yet there's no wink-wink camp. Rob Sheffield
party revolution instruments
Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument. Ernest Mandel
practice champion enemy
Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy. Reince Priebus
stars believe rocks
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star. Dee Dee Ramone
Top Romantic quotes
documentaries fit natural
Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in Darren Aronofsky
school years smell
Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy. Masaharu Morimoto
artist people long
Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't be less interested in how people receive it, honestly. As long as it's unignorable. Bryce Dallas Howard
inspiration years two
Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good. Oscar Pistorius
music heart play
Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk. Steve Lacy
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