The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides… — Phineas Fletcher Copy Share Image
To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
I have an idea for sweatshops: air conditioning! That's simple. 14 year old boys working twelve hour days? "Yeah, but they're comfortable!" — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old. — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity and quality… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
The advantage my looks gave me was that I wasn't limited to just playing Indian roles when I was abroad, and I've… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way. — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
I've published many biographies over the years and enjoyed working with writers on their research, discussing it, thinking about it and how… — Victoria Wilson Copy Share Image
I think the other thing that's interesting about the women's peloton is that if you ask what their background is most have… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
A lot of people have used the frog splash over the years. Every one else that used it is a four star… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago. — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
What you believe someone else can or can't do hasn't got beans with the doing. Or lack of doing. Just go back… — Martin Caidin Copy Share Image
I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools.… — Vicki Sue Robinson Copy Share Image
Me and a mate picked up two darling birds and they took us back to their flat. I went into the bedroom… — George Best Copy Share Image
Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
The fact that you see salarymen reading manga and pornography on the trains and being unafraid, unashamed or anything, is something you… — Hideaki Anno Copy Share Image
Long hair is a security blanket for me. I cut it short a few years ago and I really never want to… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts. — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
As commonly understood, creationism involves belief in an earth formed only about ten thousand years ago, an interpretation of the Bible that… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
I tried to get Adam Sandler hired on a movie called "Brain Donors" and the producers wouldn't hire him. And a few… — Dennis Dugan Copy Share Image
I lived in L.A. for four years, and basically, every corner you go to, or in a restaurant, you can't even find… — Marko Jaric Copy Share Image
I said we don't pin a lot of hopes of changing administrations [in U.S.] because that context has been going on for… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
But its crazy - like ten percent a year increase of children taking fucking anti-depressants. Pre-schoolers are like, the most prescribed. That… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I didn't see Dr. No for a year, but I liked it when I saw it. It was a fun movie. I… — Ursula Andress Copy Share Image
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
I traveled for seven years, and when I came back home I was completely lost. I didn't know what to do with… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share Image
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