“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
If you raise your standards but don't really believe you can meet them, you've already sabotaged yourself. You won't even try; you'll… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Its time to stop defending a system that is clearly in dire need of reform, stop issuing reports and setting up new… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is important not only to guarantee the rights of alternative religions and of nonreligious persons in society; it is… — Langdon Brown Gilkey Copy Share Image
I started with "Pickman's Model," because it was about Boston. I mean, what I loved about [H. P. Lovecraft], at first is… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business - or for anyone. Most of the time goal… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music… — Billy Taylor Copy Share Image
Music from my iPod was setting my life to a dramatic soundtrack that only I could hear. — Catherine Sanderson Copy Share Image
While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Targets and timetables do matter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I really want the audience to place close attention to the movement, possibilities of movement, possibilities of trespassing boundaries and observe what's… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Just because we cannot see clearly the end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
This sport is all about winning the fight, setting records, and defending titles. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk Copy Share Image
Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
It's no understatement that the church has done a poor job in teaching our young people that reason and faith are not… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
What a couple. I'm consumed into ashes. And he's always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again. — Agnes Smedley Copy Share Image
Just as the orator marks his good things by a dramatic pause, or by raising and lowering his voice, or by gesture,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is something very cheerful and courageous in the setting-out of a child on a journey of speech with so small baggage… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
