Tom Hodgkinson Quotes

There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and work was a waste of time.

Tom Hodgkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkHistoryTimeLazinessNewNext

I feel the sexiest when my fiance tells me - when I wake up in the morning and my hair is a mess and I'm in sweats - 'You look so beautiful.' So I feel the sexiest when I'm not trying hard.

Joanna Krupa

MorningBeautifulMeHairWake Up

I'm a firecracker when it comes to my husband. I'm a stand by my man kind of girl.

Jessie James Decker

GirlManHusbandStandKind

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.

Anatole France

MenWarViolenceReadyWillWay

After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57. He and my mother had always played tennis - a couples' game of mixed doubles and tennis bracelets and Love-Love. But in mourning, Dad turned Job-like to golf, a game of frustration and golf widows and solitary hours on the range.

Steve Rushin

MotherDeathGameFrustrationGolf

Let us live no more to ourselves, but to Him who loved us, and gave Himself to die for us.

Roger Sherman

LiveLovedDieMoreHimUs

I grew up in wide-open spaces, but they didn't have the romantic history of the West.

Robert Taylor

HistoryRomanticUpWestSpaces

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

Mary J. Blige

GoodBusinessMusicPeoplePlace

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

Chester A. Arthur

AmericanUnitedNaturalDemand

The alpine environment is very delicate. I've been able to see change in the mountains in the 20 years that I've been climbing full-time. Glaciers have receded. The tree-line is changing. That's very rapid to see nature changing in a 20-year period.

Conrad Anker

NatureChangeMountainsEnvironment

Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.

Wynton Marsalis

StyleEyeColorInterestingArtist

You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I am. The choice is how good you are going to be at it and how hard you are going to work.

Philipp Meyer

WorkGoodDecisionI AmYouChoice

I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there.

Prince

PeopleNowWantFloorSeemStay

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