A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Align yourself with outstanding strategic partners. ~Carol Roth
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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