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You put this face on television, week in, week out, they'd stop me and they'd say, 'Hey, Roy, how are you doing?' They'd know who I was, what I was, what I looked like, and what I did - all from seeing and hearing it at the same time on television.

Roy Clark

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A woman is more than the sum of her parts. So I had an opportunity to present some work at the White House. I chose not just to talk about the sky, the planet, love or heartache. I wanted to actually be there, to place a mark on that moment.

Jill Scott

WorkLoveOpportunityMomentSky

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.'

Robbie Robertson

OpportunityGuitarPowerfulMeetOut

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.

Robert Bork

AchievementRewardSystemReveal

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

Robert Browning

SleepFightCloudsForwardBetter

After all is said and done and institutions fail, people still have some ability to care for each other.

Ry Cooder

PeopleCareSaidDoneAbilityFail

Over the years, I've found myself wishing sometimes my angel would show up. I could use a little uplift, a little reminder.

Roma Downey

MyselfAngelSometimesOverUpShow

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls.

Rudolf Otto

EyesLightWallsRockBecomeBear

In the future, I can imagine that we will genetically modify ourselves using the genes that have doubled our life span since we were chimpanzees.

Michio Kaku

LifeFutureI CanWillGenetically

Certainly my parents were very political, so the whole Berlin Wall thing - and being a kid of the '80s - that's just something that's in your experience.

Miriam Shor

ExperienceParentsPoliticalWall

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong.

Liya Kebede

WorkDreamsPeopleImpossibleWrong

I really just want an audience that is willing to let me live my life and share with them what I get out of my life.

Lizz Wright

LifeLiveMeMy LifeWantOut

Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

Julia Cameron

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