You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Recitation: by Male by Female
I do have a treadmill desk in my office, and for a while, I would walk on it while checking email and going through jokes. I haven't walked on it in probably four months. Now it's more of an upright dining table for me. At some point, moss will grow over it, birds will build nests, and nature will reclaim the treadmill as its own.
Jimmy Kimmel
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I hate it when people use the word 'sorry' aggressively, as in, 'Sorry, but I hate you.' Sorry's an important word, and it shouldn't be abused.
Robert Webb
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Would offering the Mars Prize damage NASA? I don't think so.
Robert Zubrin
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It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.
Lois Capps
TimeEnergyDirectionNewNation
I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen.
Jonathan Demme
LearningSchoolGoDoneOutUp
We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them.
Douglas Adams
TechnologyTimeThinkLegsTallOut
I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.
Coolio
MeTexasPlayGoWaySame
I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but if it's a character I really want to play, I would never not do the project because of a new director.
Pauley Perrette
LoveCharacterEffortMeDrivePlay
To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to apply at least the same standard required to get a library card or to board an airpane?
Rick Perry
LibraryThinkYouNeverFairOut
There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!'
Marilyn Monroe
FriendGirlWomanHatNewHand
I'm not going to argue with people about the existence of God. I have not the vaguest idea of whether the universe was created by an intelligence.
Leonard Susskind
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The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.
Heywood Broun
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