Ann Bancroft Quotes

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

Ann Bancroft

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LearningChildhoodSchoolPeopleMe

My eyes opened, and the first thing I thought of when I could put thoughts together was I want to be in show business. Never wanted anything else. I used to sneak in the costume room at my nursery school and smell the costumes.

Joan Rivers

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The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

John Keegan

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What was God doing before the divine creation?

Stephen Hawking

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Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Tracy Morgan

LiveNightSaturdayWhateverGoing

If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.

Mary Karr

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You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

Mike Lee

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Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.

Lord Byron

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Denis Waitley

LifeWomanManPurposeYourselfYou

We cannot uphold the rule of law only when it is consistent with our beliefs. We must uphold it even when it protects behavior that we don't like or is unattractive or is not admirable or that might even be hurtful.

Cheryl Mills

LawBehaviorRule Of LawHurtful

Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.

Shari Arison

GoodPowerWorldImpactDoingOut

I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, 'C'mon, Tiger!'

Tom Brady

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In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.

Mario Vargas Llosa

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