Livy Quotes

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Livy

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If I had had a thing like an iPad when I was a kid, then I never would have gotten into the habit of writing things down by hand.

Joe Haldeman

HabitWritingDownHandNeverKid

The financial crisis revealed important weaknesses in many areas of our financial system.

Jerome Powell

FinancialCrisisImportantSystem

The volunteer military has always been most enthusiastically, even devoutly, embraced by those who would not themselves dream of volunteering - or of encouraging their children to do so.

John Gregory Dunne

ChildrenDreamMilitaryVolunteer

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

John Ortberg

LifeGreatDayLegacyEndDie

I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift.

John Ortberg

WorkGiftChurchGoKnowUs

He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.

John Leguizamo

GoodCollegeLawyerIntentionGoHe

It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time.

Jeff Foxworthy

LearningTimeWeirdMadSame

I'll miss everyone on Dallas so much, but I have a wonderful career ahead of me. I can feel it.

Mary Crosby

MeFeelCareerI CanAheadEveryone

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

Mary Manin Morrissey

FearFaithGrowYouDreamBigger

Wes Craven was the guy who gave me my start, from my perspective, for almost no reason in particular.

Johnny Depp

PerspectiveMeStartReasonGuyWho

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.

Derek Jeter

FocusMeSpeakUncomfortableAlways

I love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you leave the area where the actual scene is taking place.

Drew Barrymore

LoveThinkYouPlaceLostLeave

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