The modern film tries too hard to be real. Its techniques of illusion are so perfect that it requires no contribution from… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Nobody talks about my contribution to the sport. Nobody talks about the 101 medals I have won in my 20-year career. Nobody… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
For me as a person who's in the arts and as someone who understands the magnitude of our contributions and the price… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
There are degrees of loneliness, ways in which the experience of loneliness deepens, becomes something like what we might call a way… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
When we spend our lives waiting until we’re perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is also in despair of being able to understand or make any productive contribution to the highly organised chaos of our… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in… — Marjory Stephenson Copy Share Image
I have never had illusions about the value of my individual contribution! I realized early that what a man or a woman… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote… — James K. Galbraith Copy Share Image
Forests and trees make significant direct contributions to the nutrition of poor households ... [as] rural communities in Central Africa obtained a… — Frances Ford Seymour Copy Share Image
Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave.… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric spectroscopy reveals… — Michael Myers Copy Share Image
I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
I believe in collaboration, which is why I work with others to make positive contributions of consequence, and why I have made… — Cliff Curtis Copy Share Image
Sometimes things just click. The one contribution I tried to do, was shield the staff from the corporate politics that occur on… — Joe Murray Copy Share Image
Russia made a decisive contribution to the victory over Nazism. That's clear to every honest observer. So, therefore, in a certain manner,… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
“So you have something important to say, so you interrupt an exciting conversation already in progress just to let us know you… — Troy Ragland Copy Share Image
In terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporations I dont think deserve the same protections as the free speech… — Chris Coons Copy Share Image
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Granted, not all uneducated women are prostitutes, and, not all prostitutes are uneducated. However, where building a family is employment, an uneducated… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The only way people will have the trust to give their all to their job is if they feel like their contribution… — Mark Pincus Copy Share Image
Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection. — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Britain can thrive in the post-Brexit era, but maintaining close links with our neighbours will make a significant contribution to national success. — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
![“When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when we met Sam [Fogarino]. Greg [ex-drummer] is actually a really great drummer and a great guy. I never want to sound like I am belittling his contributions in the early days, but when…” quote by Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/paul-banks-25147_belittle_when-i-say-i-had-a-cosmic-confidence-tha_1543834.jpg)
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