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Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

— Ayn Rand

I enjoyed coming home to Crown Heights. There was a certain order to life there. You know, Shabbos, spending time with your…

— Matisyahu

Consent in virtue knit your hearts so fast, That still the knot, in spite of death, does last; For as your tears,…

— Edmund Waller

I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, I would really go over…

— Ellen DeGeneres

To love anyone is to hope in him for always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit…

— Charles de Foucauld

Creativity is good and whatever. But if the children don't know how to read, I don't care how creative you are. You're…

— Michelle Rhee

I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in it.

— Alan Robinson

America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a…

— W. H. Auden

I know [people talk about sex now all the time] But do they really talk about it personally?

— Kristen Stewart

We all have at least two sides. The world we live in is a world of opposites. And the trick is to…

— David Lynch

Did you know that the institution of marriage was created when the average person lived to the age of 30?

— Rachel Bilson

I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

I don't think anyone knows why people like [Twilight]. I don't think even the fans know why they connect with it the…

— Robert Pattinson

I love vinyl, you know? To me it has depth, warmth, it's the best way to really sample.

— RZA

Pardew has come out and criticized me. He is the worst at haranguing referees. He shoves them and makes a joke of…

— Alex Ferguson

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own…

— Freeman Dyson

No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after…

— Steven Pinker

I wanted to know how much of conversion was forced - that is, forced in the sense that the Inquisition forced people…

— Susan Jacoby

The depiction of the exterior as opposed [to] what you're feeling inside is always so different that it's impossible to know what…

— Eddie Redmayne

As people, we have forgotten to be people. We know how to be doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, we know what to do,…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I know the situation of the Commonwealth generally, and I know that the aim should be to make the Commonwealth much more…

— Mahathir Mohamad

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story.

— Matt Damon

I think everybody at IBM knows the early 1990s disaster, and its in our fabric that you cannot miss the ship.

— Samuel J. Palmisano

There's no point putting your heart and soul into a part when you know in advance it isn't worth the trouble. I'm…

— Lizabeth Scott

An introvert may feel asocial when pressured to go to a party that doesn't interest her. But for her, the event does…

— Laurie Helgoe

Before my marriage, I was really wild, and I was very open about it. My wife knows about it. From the age…

— Ram Kapoor

Tranquillity hides in small spaces, and when found needs to be treasured, because you know it's a phantom that will slip away…

— Diane Ackerman

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or…

— Sherilyn Fenn

We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known.

— Francoise Sagan

You never know what's going to happen, so I get up at 6 a.m. every morning. It's a new wakeup call for…

— Abby Huntsman

Sexually-transmitted diseases is caused by sexual activity and promiscuity it spreads diseases. That's been known, you know, about 400 or 500 years,…

— Ron Paul

The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.

— Benjamin Whichcote

There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you…

— Shawn Anthony Levy

I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with…

— Abbey Lincoln

Moving is what the deal is. I wish I could spend more time in places, but I find I either want to…

— Justin Vernon

When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in…

— Beth Orton

I think the beard helps offset - it's the only hairstyle I can really pull off. But I'm often clean-shaven. I think,…

— Mohsin Hamid

It's not like I'm looking to describe something that's only true of my own circumstances. It's beyond. It's way inside, you know.…

— Jackson Browne

I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and…

— Cheyenne Kimball

I never quite know when I'm not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, "Dammit, Thurber,…

— James Thurber