A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Recitation: by Male by Female
Certainly adding fats in the form of oils is fattening and unhealthy, but naturally fat-rich foods like nuts and seeds have profound cardiovascular benefits.
Joel Fuhrman
SeedsProfoundNutsBenefitsOils
I think I'd be too scared to direct my first movie and put myself in the center.
Joel Edgerton
MyselfThinkFirstScaredCenter
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
John Grierson
ResultsDoneWayManipulationQuick
Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of loopholes, which many companies are sure to fight. And whatever new, lower tax rate is determined, there will probably be another country willing to lower its rate further, creating a sad race to zero.
Andrew Ross Sorkin
SadFightPracticeToughNewNice
I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament.
Melvyn Bragg
GodBelieveNewPersonalTestament
Like David Copperfield, I was born amidst poverty and grew up in poverty. I did not own shoes. I did not bathe in water from a tap. I did no know about forks and spoons.
Sukarno
ShoesWaterPovertyBornKnowOwn
On 'Old School,' I was not an actor, I was Snoop Dogg, so I came to the set with a whole different vibe, and a different crew of people. And on 'Starsky and Hutch,' I was more of an actor. I wasn't Snoop Dogg, the rapper.
Snoop Dogg
SchoolPeopleActorMoreOld School
I met a 13-year-old black child, Raymond, who had never been to school and had never learnt any words, yet it seemed to me that he was intelligent. It became apparent after a short period that Raymond thought in terms of visual signs and movements.
Robert Wilson
WordsSchoolChildMeBlackThought
People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.
Michael Wilbon
SportsPeopleTeamHereIdentify
Doing 'Veronica Mars,' Rob Thomas is a genius. He's one of my best friends. I had this feeling like I couldn't write anything other than my stuff in Jersey and what we were talking about, like that little world, like if I can throw my Aunt Janice into it, I'm cool, but otherwise I'm screwed.
Diane Ruggiero
BestCoolWorldGeniusTalking
The D-Day moniker wasn't invented for the Allied invasion. The same name had been attached to the date of every planned offensive of World War II. It was first coined during World War I, at the U.S. attack at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, in France in 1918.
Douglas Brinkley
WarWorldNameBattleWorld War I
A lot of women say, 'I look good thanks to magic creams,' but that's a joke.
Brigitte Nielsen
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