I liken myself to a little girl having a tea party at the house all of the time.
BLAKE LIVELYIf you want to be the best, baby, you’ve got to work harder than anybody else.
More Jr., Sammy Davis Quotes
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Because America is such a big country, I can understand that if you don’t travel you don’t really understand what is going on. I get it. I tell myself I know all about America, but I don’t; I know L.A. and New York.
BIRGITTE HJORT SøRENSEN -
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE -
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical instruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
DIOGENES -
I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
COLONEL SANDERS -
The songs that I like are the ones that you can’t visualize, that are just cries from the heart – those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.
NICK CAVE -
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN -
When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
ADAM MCKAY -
Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTIN -
Under Superintendent Johnson’s leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.
RAHM EMANUEL -
Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.
KURT VONNEGUT -
Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.
JAMES JOYCE -
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
BONO -
Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed – so we were all happy with it as written. Then I’d let him play as long as we had time.
BLAIR UNDERWOOD -
Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply’d.
BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE -
Leaders trust their guts. “Intuition” is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a “soft” notion.
TOM PETERS