Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Ambrose Bierce

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PatienceRevengePlanningWorth

I love working in cinema - it can be in any language!

Jiah Khan

LoveLanguageCinemaWorkingI Love

If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.

Jesse Ventura

WorkMoneyGovernmentYouWrong

My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and work twice as hard as my white peers if I wanted to survive in America, and the second was that it was delusional and dangerous to believe I possessed the same freedom white people had to pursue my dreams.

Jenny Zhang

WorkMotherDreamsFreedomPeople

I'm in trouble with some activist women because I refuse to say I'm bisexual.

Jen Sincero

WomenTroubleSayBisexualBecause

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Max Planck

TruthScienceLightGenerationDie

Looking back, I can see that my life with David was molded by forces beyond my control and even my understanding. Still, I don't regret trying.

Angela Bowie

LifeLooking BackControlLooking

The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain.

Joseph Prince

LifeMyselfExperiencePainThoughts

When you're fundraising for a venture fund, you're supposed to not talk.

Chris Sacca

YouTalkVentureSupposedFund

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

Bobby Vinton

TruthSmartStupidYouBrightTell

At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall.

Peter Maxwell Davies

EducationMusicArtMomentBrick

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

Paul Weyrich

TimePeopleControlShortKnowHe

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.

Rickie Lee Jones

AccomplishAccomplishedMusician

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