top quotations of all time
ill issues keen number society telling women
A significant number of women who have been ill or had marital issues feel they have no value, and society is so keen on telling us that's the case. Susanne Bier
american-author bloody designed finest less populace reassure rituals
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. William Greider
war airplane alternatives
As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World. John Boyd Orr
effect either shape staying taking time
As you get older, you either become proactive about staying in shape and taking care of yourself, or, you know, time has its effect on you. Mike Love
rich whole-life grows
As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted. Francesca Annis
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bad people
As you grow up, you become more comfortable with your own peccadilloes, and I'm bad with people who aren't self-motivated. And now, when I see them coming, I run the other way. Bing Gordon
birthday anger age
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving
men people together
At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged to craft unions, comparatively few went back to the mills. And as a whole, the strike was conducted with little violence. Ray Stannard Baker
book choices want
A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you. Emily Giffin
style taste france
It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste. Andre Leon Talley
Top Happiness quotes
school kids beer
It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school. Natalie Portman
real skills able
It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself. Matthew Macfadyen
inspirational shallow-person giving
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. Garrison Keillor
jail easy
It's awfully easy to be in love in jail Dashiell Hammett
real tv-shows mind
It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know? Jack Osbourne
Top Life quotes
inspirational money numbers
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it. George W. Bush
age different
It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger. Sherilyn Fenn
believe came god south
It's completely through prayer that I came to believe in God. I just sensed a presence south of my neck. Mary Karr
art writing thinking
I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us. Howard Nemerov
evil incredibly reckoned relentless
I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped. Wentworth Miller
Top Positive quotes
thinking past trying
I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past. Len Wein
I think the theme of the album probably was just that it was our first record. Ann Wilson
thinking done realizing
I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done. Eric McCormack
despite faced failures hard system willing
I think we are faced in medicine with the reality that we have to be willing to talk about our failures and think hard about them, even despite the malpractice system. I mean, there are things that we can do to make that system better. Atul Gawande
difficult life maintain sort
I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique. FKA twigs
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children war thinking
I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age. Suzanne Collins
corporate
I think we're pretty much where we need to be on corporate taxes. Justin Trudeau
kids thinking grandchildren
I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie. Mike Myers
thinking people community
I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimized in the telling of your story and are you found, literally, like you matter, you exist in the telling of your story, but when you hear your story be told, you suddenly exist in community and with others. Eve Ensler
beautiful thinking important
I think women want to look beautiful. I think that's an important thing. It is relevant. Tory Burch
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thinking bedtime sometimes
I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. John Legend
thinking looks half
I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty. Pauly Shore
affect future issues people stands tough
I think you need people of principle, of character, that are leaders, that take stands on important tough issues that will affect the future of this country. Sean Hannity
thinking honest intimate
I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head. Laura Marling
thinking balance way
I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and I'd probably do the cremation bit. George Clooney
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thinking people good-things
I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing. Ed Sheeran
children able needs
I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness. bell hooks
way flavor vegan
I thought being vegan was going to be some really horrible way of life that had no flavor. Robin Quivers
god knew time
I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws. Gary Sheffield
clever writing voice
I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice. Amy Tan
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men people way
I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being. Gabriel Byrne
thrive company sociable
I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable. David Walliams
arriving changing doomed failure pace trying
It is a changing world because of the newcomers who keep arriving and who leave us behind. Trying to keep pace with them is doomed to inglorious failure, especially as the pace has quickened so much. Hans Jonas
miracle mind impossible
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence. Matthew Arnold
life beauty beautiful
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. Leo Tolstoy
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character interesting stories
It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living. Lamar Alexander
believe men arguing
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. John Henry Newman
children moving heart
It is a wonderful, moving, heart-filling experience to sit with the man or woman you love and your beloved children and know that all are happy to be just where they are with each other and loving one another. This doesnt happen very often. Amy Bloom
love life relationship
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber
watches
It is better to watch things then to do them. Dan Castellaneta
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