To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.
Robert Byrd
Recitation: by Male by Female
Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come across some ocean. They say, 'My great-grandparents came from wherever... this is why we have this last name, why we do this thing at Christmas.' All the details get watered down but don't quite disappear.
Jhumpa Lahiri
FamilyOceanNameDetailsAmerican
People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.
Jenna Wortham
WorkLoveChangePeoplePrideDown
I think anyone in a relationship has to deal with temptation if they're being honest with themselves. People don't talk about it very much, but it's very honest. Guys and girls both have temptation.
Andy Grammer
RelationshipPeopleThinkTemptation
I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.
Stephen King
GoodThoughtEnoughWherePublish
I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom.
Michael Moritz
FreedomThinkBetterYouMoreStay
For people who are at the bottom economically, the world is becoming a harder and harder place. And yet the incentives to become rich are so great because enormous amounts of wealth are being accumulated. And so those two things, that carrot and stick, are beating people along this trajectory of trying desperately to move up in the world.
Mohsin Hamid
GreatPeopleWorldRichTryingUp
When I do my own makeup, I keep things pretty simple.
Jordana Brewster
SimpleMakeupMy OwnOwnPretty
I like happy endings in movies. I think life has a happy ending. When it's all said and done, it's all something worthwhile, and I want my movies to reflect that. There are enough things to be sad about. When you pop in a movie, let the message be one that's one of hope.
Jon Favreau
LifeHopeSadHappyEndingThink
Models can be people, too. But the only way to do that is to kind of step up and keep doing new things that no one has thought of, from new websites to new blogs, a newscast, doing speeches, talking to kids. It kind of opens a new headline every time: 'Oh, a model hasn't done this before; a model hasn't done that before.'
Coco Rocha
TimeNew ThingsStepPeopleThought
There are so many hot, sexy women in L.A.
Bryan Callen
WomenSexyHotMany
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
LoveYouReasonWithoutDistrust
When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy.
Princess Anne
PeopleMeEasyGrindTeethGround
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