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It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I… — John Key Copy Share Image
The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it… — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I love attention. I love going to events and photo shoots... I enjoy it all; the clothing, the makeup, the excitement. — Sasha Cohen Copy Share Image
One of the things we often miss in succession planning is that it should be gradual and thoughtful, with lots of sharing… — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
Whether sociology can ever become a full-fledged "science" (a description of a class of events predictable on the basis of deductions from… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
Change management is kind of a weird concept to me. We can' t control events any more than we can control the… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Shoes would interfere with her conversation, for she constantly addresses the ground under her feet. Asking forgiveness. Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
We in politics are accustomed to seeing reality firsthand and then watching its distant cousin, events as portrayed by the media, unfold… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event. — John Berger Copy Share Image
Every year it changes, sometimes I'm good at the 50m, sometimes I'm terrible, it really depends. I'm still not sure what my… — Tera Van Beilen Copy Share Image
On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave… — Nathaniel Cotton Copy Share Image
[John Adams] diary, of course, is even more revealing of his feelings. Both his letters to [his wife] Abigail and his diary… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really… — Jennifer Wyatt Copy Share Image
It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens. — Ptolemy Copy Share Image
It's always great to see one of the actors I've worked with from 'Caddyshack' and 'TRON.' I run into them occasionally at… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
Brock Lesnar is a guy who doesn't do a lot of live events, doesn't do a lot of house shows, but every… — Big Show Copy Share Image
Even if predictable, unfortunately certain natural disasters are and remain unavoidable and invincible. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I'm happy fighting Brandon Vera because he has good Muay Thai. He's very known with the UFC, and he was part of… — Mauricio Rua Copy Share Image
I'm still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
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