Anita Brookner Quotes

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

Anita Brookner

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LifeGreatSimpleNeverJustBooks

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Stephen Ambrose

EyesBlueYouFixHimBlue Eyes

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.

Tom Perez

WorkValueChildPeopleSickVoice

During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned.

Martin Ryle

ExperienceWarPeopleEngineering

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Louis XIV

FunnyWomenTwoEuropeThanSooner

There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

Joshua Malina

ExperienceGratefulRideBeginning

I can't imagine writing a novel without some sound. When you're facing a few hundred blank pages, silence can be cold.

Josh Malerman

SilenceWritingColdYouSoundSome

I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school.

Bobby Kotick

BusinessSchoolHigh SchoolPlanning

True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.

Piet Mondrian

PaintingConstructionIntentionTrue

Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of a mid-term lull.

Noreena Hertz

LuxuryExpectResponseConsumers

When you're tanner, you feel hotter and sexier. You should try it.

Nicole Polizzi

FeelYouTryShouldSexierHotter

It's hard to make me speechless.

Ken Cuccinelli

MeHardMakeSpeechless

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a child's imagination.

Kevin Spacey

ImaginationChildImportantLeaveUs

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