Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.
Tori Amos
Recitation: by Male by Female
As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books.
Jesse Ball
LyingFictionBooksWriterCentral
What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.
Angela Duckworth
PerseverancePassionPeopleThink
And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.
Alphonso Jackson
WorkStressGovernmentOpportunities
When it shall be known that, at the time which I was accused of wishing to sunder this island from France - my benefactress - I repeated the oath of fidelity to her, I take pleasure in believing that the government I own, and my fellow-citizens, will render me the justice I merit, and that the enemies of my brethren will be reduced to silence.
Toussaint Louverture
TimeJusticeSilenceGovernmentMe
If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years.
Tom Peters
YouWantTwoNextYearsMorale
My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture.
Robert Benton
PictureFeelWantTryRightOut
Everybody who comes to my home has to play at least one set against me. I beat them all. The best thing is when they want another set. People like me who can't stand not to win. I beat them again and again until they are furious, then I laugh. That's funny.
Robin Van Persie
FunnyHomeBestPeopleMeWin
In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women's vote to John McCain's 43 percent. It was the critical difference in the race.
Juan Williams
WomenVoteRaceDifferenceCritical
Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.
Dick Gregory
HotelHolidayFastCalendarTalk
I have such an extraordinary platform where I am able to help people. To me, that's the number one priority.
Anna Wintour
I AmPeopleMeHelpExtraordinary
I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.
Alice Ripley
PerformanceActionFocusedFighter
I'm a big State Fair person, and my main goal is to eat as much food as possible, but I tend not to do the foods on a stick. But I like Big Fat Bacon.
Alison McGhee
FoodFatGoalPersonPossibleEat
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