Jon Runyan Quotes

I always step back and look at - you know, look at my background in playing team sports my whole life and taking that approach into Congress. It's not about me going, and you know, feeding my ego going to Congress.

Jon Runyan

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LifeSportsStepMeTeamEgo

A lot of people might define a life well lived by how much is in the bank. I feel like it's how much you laugh.

Jill Kargman

LifePeopleFeelLaughYouBank

Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.

Jerry Doyle

MoneyPovertyYouSayBuyOptions

I think there's a responsibility more as an artist to try and push in the direction you think comedy should go... The biggest thing I could do for the art that I love was keeping it art: keeping it special, keeping it honest, keeping it truthful.

Jerrod Carmichael

LoveArtResponsibilityThinkPush

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.

Andrew Motion

InterestingEnvironmentPowerfulNeed

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Max Nordau

RespectMyselfMeTroubleOthers

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

Max Heindel

KnowledgeIgnoranceManStepFirst

Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is one of the great fonts of world culture.

Stephen Kinzer

GreatCultureWorldFirstEmpire

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the world. It was a classic good-versus-evil war.

Stephen Kinzer

PassionWarConflictWorldClassic

The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process. The mediator's role combines those of a ship's pilot, consulting medical doctor, midwife and teacher.

Martti Ahtisaari

TeacherPeaceMedicalDoctorForward

The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.

Jay Asher

CharacterMindBookStorySomeone

When I turned 50, I realized I was now going to start counting backwards in terms of the years I had left. Then I turned 60, and I just stopped counting. I don't have a fear of death, but I have an awareness that there's a time limit.

Chris Crutcher

FearTimeDeathStartNowLimit

I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long, because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family.

David Thewlis

FamilyHomeTimeLongCountryWant

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