I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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Fritz Todt – The ever increasing spiritual damage …
The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable when we build here on this the landscape of our homeland we must be clear that we will protect its beauty.
Garth Ennis – I can’t really put it in one sentenc…
I can’t really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and yes it is also about I suppose the search for God the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in whom I suppose people have faith.
Steve Coogan – I’m just attracted to playing peopl…
I’m just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That’s not to say that there’s something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just can’t stop watching like a car crash.
Curtis Stone – When I see my staff take a step bac…
When I see my staff take a step back because I’ve lost my cool about something food-related I say never apologise for your standards. If someone doesn’t meet them then you should explain that and that you want it changed. I want my staff to be like that too.
James Cash Penney – No matter what his position or…
No matter what his position or experience in life there is in everyone more latent than developed ability far more unused than used power.
Sean Astin – A paparazzo once jumped out of a car …
A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn’t get hit by a bus.
Victor Kiam – In business the competition will bit…
In business the competition will bite you if you keep running if you stand still they will swallow you.
Kenny Rogers – Don’t be afraid to give up the good…
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
Alexander Pope – I find myself hoping a total end …
I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
Scott Adams – Creativity is allowing yourself to m…
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Danielle Steel – People are much more inclined to …
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you’re famous.
Dee Dee Ramone – I got tired of the Ramones around…
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
Haley Reinhart – My folks have played everything f…
My folks have played everything from rock disco pop funk and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz classical and Latin. With all this in my pocket I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.
Joe Barton – I tell my environmental friends that …
I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.
George Burns – You can’t help getting older but yo…
You can’t help getting older but you don’t have to get old.
John Prescott – From 1997 when we came in you guys…
From 1997 when we came in you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn’t get rid of the second car did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway.
Jeane Kirkpatrick – Democracy not only requires eq…
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person who is then equal.
Keith Emerson – We can all put weight on or lose w…
We can all put weight on or lose weight.
Robert Louis Stevenson – Man is a creature who liv…
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone but primarily by catchwords.
Jonny Wilkinson – I play with a fear of letting pe…
I play with a fear of letting people down. That’s what motivates me.
Kirk Gibson – I’m not out here to win a beauty con…
I’m not out here to win a beauty contest.
Laura Benanti – I do think musical-theater actors …
I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap and I see why. There is a certain slickness – there’s nothing better than an amazing musical but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you’ve ever had.
Chuck Zito – Sonny and another Hells Angel who was…
Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
Gavin DeGraw – My dad didn’t want me to play guita…
My dad didn’t want me to play guitar. He played piano so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
Pauline Neville-Jones – When I first left universi…
When I first left university I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office or doing HR. The attitude was ‘My dear lady you cannot possibly think about going on the board.’