“All brightness was gone, leaving nothing. We stepped out of the tent onto nothing. Sledge and tent were there, Estraven stood beside… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I'm not proud of some people in sports, but I don't… — Mark Martin Copy Share Image
The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them. I meditate on… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
You don't want to repeat yourself for one. You don't want to fall into the clichés for another. And you don't want… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead,… — David Niven Copy Share Image
Most of my books are set in the American Midwest, where I have always lived. Midwesterners are lovely, down-to-earth people. The luxury… — Leigh Michaels Copy Share Image
My take on tithing in America is that it's a middle-class way of robbing God. Tithing to the church and spending the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The whole process of writing is a setting at a distance. That is the value of it - to the writer, and… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
A good deal of my research in physics has consisted in not setting out to solve some particular problem, but simply examining… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
The clouds that gather round the setting sun do take a sober colouring from an eye that hath kept watch o'er man's… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I've always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Planetary democracy does not yet exist but our global civilization is already preparing a place for it. It is the very Earth… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The Growth and Opportunity Project is the most successful reexamination of a national party in modern times. Te disciplined focus of Chairman… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The key thing in management is goal setting. In medicine, goal-based approach is particularly important. Management should be aimed at minimizing health… — Abel Aganbegyan Copy Share Image
I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
“not really a quote but here is is The setting is the start.The story hangs from that hook,and the characters move slowly… — Blue Balliett Copy Share Image
I would define success as setting a goal for yourself and then accomplishing it. I think successful people set out to do… — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself!… — Bethany Mota Copy Share Image
Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Like the adolescent, the artist is a dreamer and a revolutionary; like the adolescent, he often finds his accomplishment inadequate to his… — Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks Copy Share Image
I respect Senator McCain a great deal and believe he has many - many good ideas and suggestions that I would certainly… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
There are two pieces of legislation that are related. There's the Communal Land Rights Bill. Then there is the legislation that was… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
When I'm swinging the club at my best, it's because I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I feel like my body… — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Hard work is the main thing-hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set… — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a monastic setting, if someone doesn't want to obey the rules and just wants to live the way they've always lived… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting… — Philip French Copy Share Image
I prefer to take actors and put them in real settings and real locations and real situations rather than create artificial locations… — Michael Winterbottom Copy Share Image
Truth is a very different thing from fact; it is the loving contact of the soul with spiritual fact, vital and potent.… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Normally, people who are frustrated out in the water are frustrated on land. They brought their frustration with them. If you go… — Laird Hamilton Copy Share Image
There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
