Stephen Kinzer Quotes

Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned.

Stephen Kinzer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1951

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I don't enjoy doing stand-up. I see it as being like exercise: I feel good about it after I've done it.

Jessie Cave

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Maya Angelou

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I think of myself as a fairly attractive girl and always have, thanks to my mom. I was brought into this world thinking I was gorgeous because my mother was extremely devoted to this notion.

Amy Schumer

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Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.

Roger Bannister

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Radio is so heavily programmed; you have to fit into a certain box. So it's harder for anything different to get through.

Roger Taylor

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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Roseanne Barr

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Nobody knows this, but the first actual purchase, after I signed my deal and called my bank account and heard how much money was in there - 'cause I was so broke and hungry - was Taco Bell.

Logic

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I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.

Lisa Leslie

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Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Johnny Miller

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One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.

Brian Krzanich

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I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.

Bob Kane

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I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.

Anthony Edwards

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