Michael Ashcroft Quotes

In an area of more than 1,000 war graves and with birdsong as the only sound, I contemplated the thin margin between life and death. If the sniper's bullet had been just two feet to one side, my father's life would have been over, aged just 27, and I would never have been born.

Michael Ashcroft

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LifeFatherDeathWarFeetBorn

A bad Tweet can cause scandal, shame, even possibly end a politician's career.

Meghan McCain

EndBadCareerShamePolitician

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

John McEnroe

HealthCompetitionYouBadWall

I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two.

Anjelica Huston

FatherReligionI AmBelieveThink

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.

Stephen Kinzer

GodGeniusTraditionIslamSawHe

Loud is a way of life.

Steven Adler

LifeWayLoud

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

Tony Harrison

PowerReligionBelieveDramaMore

It has never been a motivation thing. I'm a fighter. I always show up and give it my all.

Robbie Lawler

MotivationFighterNeverAlwaysUp

I think it's unrealistic for public-sector employees to believe that they are immune from modifications to their pay and benefit packages.

Ron Johnson

BelieveThinkEmployeesPayBenefit

Smile, it's free therapy.

Douglas Horton

SmileFreeTherapy

Everything evolves, not just music.

Chris Lane

MusicEverythingJust

I'm not a normal person with normal tastebuds, so I'll save you all from cringing/dissing on my late night flavour pairings, but I will say when I was a kid, with little to no access to anything but my mother's pantry, I'd dip everything in ranch dressing, Miracle Whip, katsup, barbecue sauce, honey, mustard, etc.

Christina Tosi

MotherNightYouHoneyLatePerson

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Confucius

MotivationalGoodManThoughtsWorld

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