Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: March 2, 1931

Topics

TeacherDemocracyWorldSocietyRest

No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.

Jim Gaffigan

MoneyFrustrationRejectionToo Much

I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone into acting. Mind you, it's a great life, going around pretending you're other people and getting paid ridiculous sums of money for it.

John Malkovich

LifeGreatMoneySchoolPeopleMind

Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema.

Maurice Jarre

WorkMeIntentionCinemaPlaceNew

I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life.

Robert Carlyle

LifeBalanceI AmMeDuckKnow

I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.

Michael Moriarty

GovernmentDoorControlThinkYou

You earn the title of favourite when you win. It's not when people say you're a favourite because of past achievements; it's when you show it on the pitch.

Julen Lopetegui

PastPeopleWinYouSayEarn

Not all our movies have a social message, but I love the ones that do, and I'd love to do more of them.

Jason Blum

LoveMoviesMoreSocialMessageOur

What makes me different from everybody else just boils down to dissatisfaction.

Jay Electronica

MeDownDifferentJustEverybody

There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother's advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

KindnessFatherMotherHomeMan

I'd like to think I haven't done my best yet.

Don Johnson

BestThinkDoneLike

I'd like to do Broadway if the right project came along, but my mission in life is that I want to help change people's lives.

Derek Hough

LifeChangePeopleHelpMission

What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.

Brian Sutton-Smith

BehaviorTeachersPlayfulAggression

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