We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I have a good friend, Rudolf Serkin, the pianist, a very sensitive man. I was talking to him one day backstage after… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' — Joey Adams Copy Share Image
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You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
In exploring new and doubtful tracts of speculation, the mind strikes out true and original views; as a drop of water hesitates… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You should remember that I started as a fanboy many years ago; I saw 'A New Hope' more than twenty times in… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
He knew that these creatures were dead, that they were reanimated echoes who wore the disguise of the people they had once… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
But, did the Divinity [of Christ] suffer? [...] The holy fathers explained this point through the aforementioned clear example of the red-hot… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Suicide is the dumbest possible way of getting revenge. Why is that? Because the people you want to strike back at are… — David J. Lieberman Copy Share Image
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To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
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all the gods are the same unknowable mystery, just as each face of a jewel strikes light in a different direction — Kate Constable Copy Share Image
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