Joe Klein Quotes

Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.

Joe Klein

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HistoryThinkThroughCommonCause

Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone has the power to have an outsized impact on the world by banding together with other like-minded individuals, taking direct action, and inspiring their friends and their friends' friends to join in.

Joe Green

ChangePowerChange The WorldWorld

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

John Owen

WorldShameAwaySenseCustomTakes

You can always do something that can make you feel good about your life despite what you're going through.

Amanda Knox

LifeGoodFeel GoodFeelYouAlways

You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

Rufus Wainwright

MusicWorldYouArtistKnowFinish

No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.

Mignon McLaughlin

LoveLovedWayEveryoneWantsEver

Appearances are not truth. But every politician knows that his or her image, as well as his or her actions, can make the difference between failure and success.

Mimi Kennedy

SuccessFailureTruthImageHer

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

PositiveLeaderFuturePoliticsI Am

I put all my big revelations into songs when I was in my 20s; as you get older, revelations are harder to come by.

Lou Barlow

YouBigGetComeOlderSongs

The Miracle Mop created an entirely new category of stick goods - the twist mop. And when I demonstrated it for people, they'd invariably say, 'I have to have that.'

Joy Mangano

PeopleNewSayMiracleStickTwist

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

Jayson Blair

KnowRaceHireHiringDefineRole

A virtuous character is likened to an unblemished flower. Piety is a fadeless bud that half opens on earth and expands through eternity. Sweetness of temper is the odor of fresh blooms, and the amaranth flowers of pure affection open but to bloom forever.

Dorothea Dix

FlowerCharacterFlowersEarthBloom

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

Cherie Lunghi

WisdomAgePeaceAcceptanceMind

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