Michael Dirda Quotes

Deep in my cortex, the year is divided into reading seasons. The period from mid-October to Christmas, for instance, is 'ghost story' time, while Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse pretty much own April and May.

Michael Dirda

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TimeReadingStoryDeepYearApril

It is an honor to represent the people of India every time I step into the ring.

Jinder Mahal

TimeStepPeopleHonorIndiaRing

As money, Bitcoin achieves two objectives; it's both a unit of transaction as well as being a store of value. The U.S. dollar, for example, is a unit of transaction, but it is not a store of value.

Max Keiser

MoneyValueTwoDollarWellExample

Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.

Max Lucado

MomentTreatCareTake CareAnxiety

To any CEO who's skeptical at all, you have to create a social enterprise today; you have to be totally connected with everyone who touches your brand.

Angela Ahrendts

TodayBrandYouCreateConnected

Flip-flops are a privilege, not a right.

Michael Bastian

PrivilegeRight

In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay, but what's your actual job?' I didn't come from a privileged background and couldn't afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.

Amish Tripathi

HistoryJobWisePeopleGrowing Up

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

Stephen Sondheim

ArtChaosOutOrderBringAttempt

I'm not afraid of fear tactics. They don't work on me.

Rob Van Dam

WorkFearMeAfraidTactics

What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

Ron Davies

PastUnityPartySaidWantMatter

Nobody in history has won all the titles I've won and the cruiserweight title. I'd be the only man in history. That's when you die and go to Heaven, and God can look at you and know you did everything with the gifts he gave you.

Roy Jones Jr.

GodHistoryManDieYouLook

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

Rowan Atkinson

FatherMotherCarSeedRacingEnjoy

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

GoodPressureShowRegardless

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