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fun long over-you
Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun. Richard Chamberlain
american-educator begun economic education hurt level range strictly
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. Charles Vest
barrier directors overseas work
Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful. Kim Jee-woon
history leadership local noticed rare studied transition
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church. C. J. Mahaney
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Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. Michael Keaton
Top Art quotes
Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement. Steve Prefontaine
sacrifice winning years
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken, Misty May-Treanor
thinking years tv-shows
Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with The Sopranos, and then on mainstream TV, shows like Lost broke amazing ground. Nestor Carbonell
nervous quarter rays throw vast
Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any... I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus. Ada Lovelace
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Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise - that there are causes worth suffering and dying for. Adam Michnik
Top Happiness quotes
pain sorrow causes
Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us. Freya Stark
beautiful pain alive
Pain is a beautiful thing. When you feel pain, you know you're alive. Criss Angel
pain thinking artist
Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. Naomi Watts
art real painting
Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things. It is a completely physical language, the words of which consist of all visible objects. An object which is abstract, not visible, non-existent, is not within the realm of painting. Gustave Courbet
giving important able
Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it, Margrethe II of Denmark
Top Life quotes
photography thinking museums
Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience. Chuck Close
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'Pair of Kings' is so much fun, literally. It is a very physical show with loads of stunts and green screen work, and you never know what great adventure is ahead of you! It's also a nice change in terms of being of similar ages to Doc Shaw and Mitchel Musso. Kelsey Chow
home japan years
Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan. Tracy Austin
aids future lethal malaria occur parts pose wild
Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals, especially wild animals. And we increasingly know which parts of the world pose the greatest risk for future incursions. Nathan Wolfe
book giving give-me
Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it! Ruth Gordon
Top Positive quotes
effort cinema language
Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands. Om Puri
children parenting class
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first. Dale Archer
best suited
Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children. Gordon Neufeld
education children parent
Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children. Pat Buchanan
obligatory pursuing side
Paris, as always, is swarming with Americans, and these days, it's also swarming with hamburgers. Oddly, though, it's not typically the Americans who are pursuing the perfect burger on the perfect bun with the obligatory side of perfect coleslaw; the Americans are pursuing the perfect blanquette de veau. Robert Gottlieb
Top Travel quotes
new-york home paris
Paris is where my family are, but it's not really home now because I have dear friends in London and dear friends in New York. Clemence Poesy
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Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish Chevy Chase
jobs comedian looks
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities. Greg Behrendt
endeavour nature special
Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process. Martin Scorsese
introduce possibly useful valuable
Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. George Grey
Top Beauty quotes
moving recovery dust
Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again. Steven Adler
inspirational dance men
Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time. Ginger Rogers
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Part of the problem is that we have become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it, and it's very difficult physically for us to live outside of it. Derrick Jensen
life success food
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain
tricky
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore. Gavin Hood
Top Hope quotes
following-instructions serious given
Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency. George C. Marshall
doors firsts steps
Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open. Patrick Ewing
country america promise
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. Greil Marcus
successful secret resources
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society. Michael Ignatieff
thinking careers influential
Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing. John Cena
Top Love quotes
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Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru. Tracy Kidder
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Peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. Efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future. Kim Yuna
lunch peanut-butter chill
Peanut Butter Wolf is my relaxing music, my lunch music, my chilling music. Norman Reedus
discovery self people
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. John Stossel
people
People always brand me as this person who is anti-Brady, and I don't think that I ever have been, except that occasionally I would like to talk about something else that I'm doing. Eve Plumb
Top Romantic quotes
wedding people complaining
People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings. Sinead O'Connor
book years people
People apparently only read mystery stories of any length. With mysteries, the longer the better, and people will read any damn thing. But the indulgent, 800-page books that were written a hundred years ago are just not going to be written anymore, and people need to get used to that. Cormac McCarthy
people google pages
People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that? Sugata Mitra
men realization opinion
Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being. Sargent Shriver
stress people firsts
Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left. Barton Seaver
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