You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
In my productive activity, every time a type grows beyond the stage of its genesis, and I have about reached the goal,… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
You don't know being a performer what kind of performance you're going to give. You know you can give a certain quality… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
To be lost and forgotten-to be abandoned-is a shared and terrible fear, just as our fondest hope, as we grow older, is… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz Copy Share Image
Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
We might as well expect to grow trees from leaves as hope to build up a civilization or a manhood without taking… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said no matter how much they attacked him and the Nation of Islam under his leadership, they only… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
8 year old young girl came up to me when I went to speak at an elementary school, and she gave me… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
If you grow up poor you're always going to worry about money, no matter how successful or lucky you become. I'm not… — Jason Flemyng Copy Share Image
Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage.… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not body-shy -- it's hard to grow up in the Summerlands, where clothes are solidly optional, and stay body-shy -- but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even just pestering people with questions, and being nosey and pushy and getting her way, are things I think many young women… — Deborah Ann Woll Copy Share Image
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
If you were running a solar company you may be okay - you may be able to keep growing. The question for… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge… — David Hobson Copy Share Image
I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Sophie said a bad word. In the dim light she had stubbed her toe on one of the many dusty bricks piled… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
As your awareness of the riches available to you in your everyday life grows, you are on the way to becoming the… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
Where do I get my seriousness? You can't help but grow up fast when your parents get divorced. You see your mother… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
Some children like to make castles out of their rice pudding, or faces with raisins for eyes. It is forbidden -- so… — Julia Child Copy Share Image