It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
John C. Calhoun
Recitation: by Male by Female
To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.
John C. Maxwell
WorkLeaderMyselfEasyFirstMust
Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. People still need longer stuff, but they see the headline on Twitter or Facebook.
Matt Mullenweg
AgeServiceExperiencePeopleNeed
In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.
Michael Caine
RestaurantFamousYouKnowBecome
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.
Stanley Crouch
PeopleAbsurdFutileNormThen
My mother watched her loving husband look at her with blankness or contempt and sometimes hatred. And yet dementia is classed as a social condition, so that the state is not required to pay for long-term residential care. Calling it what it is - brain damage - is too expensive.
Rose George
MotherBrainHusbandCareLookPay
There are a lot of great recording artists, like Jack White and Jack Johnson, who stay confined inside a very small box, but I'm more like Bon Iver, who recorded an album with programmed drums, and the next record was totally organic. I get that.
Mat Kearney
GreatSmallWhiteMoreInsideBox
Reagan and Bush... made the world safe for hypocrisy.
Julia Phillips
WorldHypocrisySafeMadeReagan
For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.
Jon Scieszka
TimeWorldYouSayDifferentEven
You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.
Doug Collins
HomeJobYouDownImportantWant
It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
Brian Helgeland
ActionStandSayLittleBeingJust
My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.
Brian McDermott
ParentsBornBloodGrandparents
When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.
Brad Pitt
DayJobChairNowFirstLamp
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