No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
Max Beerbohm
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't worry about stress. I create it.
Jim Mattis
StressWorryCreateAbout
People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.
Ann-Marie Campbell
PeopleMeMomStoryKnowAsk
When I was younger, I was always willing to tell a joke and play out a scene. I would get sticks and pretend they were light sabers. I think it was just at a young age, I was so willing to jump up and perform a little play at the family picnic.
Sufe Bradshaw
FamilyAgeLightThinkPicnicPlay
I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.
Ron Santo
AgeLibraryDiabetesKnowUpLooked
Testimony always comes from people who are in some way disempowered.
Joshua Oppenheimer
PeopleWayAlwaysTestimonyWho
Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who have learned how to maintain a more convincing facade of elections than their communist predecessors.
Joseph Stiglitz
ControlPresidentMoreAuthoritarian
I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.
Jonah Hill
BaseballBasketballGamesMoreUp
If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it.
Christopher Gadsden
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I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There's no story there.
Courtney Thorne-Smith
FoodMeStoryFamousTroubleHard
I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.
Claire Messud
WorkMyselfWishRememberedRather
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.
Bruce Springsteen
LifeSuccessStoryTryingYouSay
The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.
Anthea Turner
YourselfManagementYouTryFirst
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