top quotations of all time
dad actors making-money
It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy. Paul Giamatti
home nursing order
It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff. Rick Renzi
ignorance oil america
It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies. Naomi Wolf
death witty atheist
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Carl Sagan
inspirational memorial-day courage
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. Douglas MacArthur
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fun real trying
It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't. Penelope Spheeris
real perception bipolar
It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance. Jeremy Lin
people problem things-to-do
It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on. Sean Parker
happiness laughter joy
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. Miguel de Cervantes
life success fun
It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you. Kim Kardashian
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asking bands biggest cool hard less name people realize school severe
It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash. Eddie Trunk
people want sometimes
It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written. Sienna Miller
writing play waiting-around
It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself Dan Castellaneta
hard
It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write. Sufjan Stevens
war might horrible
It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it. Robert E. Lee
Top Life quotes
men black defense
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend. Kevin Eubanks
life happiness wisdom
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life. Epicurus
crazy life sports wants
It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, 'No, you don't want to go into professional sport.' Ernie Els
children believe dust
It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try. Alice Walker
express given prizes receive shall whether worthy
It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not. Alfred Nobel
Top Positive quotes
america community excellence
It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities. Steve Buyer
country age church
It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country. Dixie Lee Ray
writing color people
It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind. Naveen Andrews
thinking views mind
It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views. Morris Raphael Cohen
It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush. Russ Feingold
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funny perfect together
It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect. Eugene Ormandy
world today band
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. Andy Summers
men liberation womens-rights
It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
taken years abolition-of-slavery
It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more. C. L. R. James
war mad hatred
It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. John Boyd Orr
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believe thinking our-world
It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world. Sam Harris
struggle effort doctrine
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort. Charlie Pierce
art life
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Oscar Wilde
fashion editors way
It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way. Andre Leon Talley
long different today
It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today. Bobby Vinton
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farewell mean kind
Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now. Nikki Sixx
sleep home space
It's much easier for me to sleep in space than it is back home. We sleep in a cabin, and you can float inside. Kevin A. Ford
job
It's much harder to get a job if nobody wants you around. Timothy Simons
good job work
It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me. John Tesh
It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it? Laura Wade
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agencies currently discourage exactly good government largely reasonable resource tracking unclear using
It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it is reasonable to say that while resource limitations used to discourage the government from tracking you without a good reason, these constraints have largely disappeared. Ron Wyden
war states no-money
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. Albert J. Nock
land forests resources
It is up to us as lawmakers to provide the resources and streamlined processes that will enable our federal forest managers to become the best possible steward of our lands. Greg Walden
expense family gets home politics toward woman
It is very creditable when a woman gets into politics. She does this at the expense of responsibilities toward her home and family and should be lauded for this. Preneet Kaur
book light generations
It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their respective generations, and shone as so many lights in the world. George Whitefield
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american-director efforts enterprise exactly imagined sum total
It'll be all of our efforts together. It won't won't ever be exactly the way I imagined it. And that is, I think, an important lesson as well, is that in any group enterprise it's going to be the sum total of the group. James Cameron
children perspective giving
It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child Tracey Ullman
country religious views
It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups. Henry A. Wallace
morning yoga three
I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable. Alyssa Milano
inspirational truth safe
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. Simone de Beauvoir
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