Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
#quotes #colum-mccann #democracy #stories
Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
#quotes #logan-pearsall-smith #self
I promote a healthy lifestyle. ~Kim Kardashian
#quotes #kim-kardashian #health
The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
#quotes #james-gray #work #personality
I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
#quotes #mos-def #thinking #independence
It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
#quotes #derek-jeter #inspiration #success
As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #life #learning
We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
#quotes #richard-li
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
#quotes #ronald-reagan #politics
People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
#quotes #dash-mihok #tourette-s #control
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #flattery #truth
The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
#quotes #jay-leno #government
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
#quotes #john-spratt #movies #process
Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
#quotes #bernadette-devlin #politics #sacrifice
I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #dance #life
I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
#quotes #john-mayall #music
The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
#quotes #lydia-davis #russell-edson #style #writing #stories
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #science #knowledge #ignorance
You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
#quotes #vin-scully #pressure
Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
#quotes #robert-frost #democracy
Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
#quotes #alfred-lord-tennyson
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
#quotes #winston-churchill #government #democracy #stupidity
The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
#quotes #donald-davis #reality #stories
Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
#quotes #willie-nelson #waylon-jennings #music
Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #speaking
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