Dick Cavett Quotes

There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.

Dick Cavett

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SwimmingYouPoolClassSwimThings

I think stories do have an ending. I think they need to have an ending eventually because that is a story: a beginning, middle and end. If you draw out the end too long, I think storytelling can get tired.

Melissa Rosenberg

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You ask 20 of your friends how English and American democracy came about. None of them would say that Anglicanism or Protestantism had anything to do with it. But it was crucial to it!

Melvyn Bragg

DemocracyAmericanFriendsYouSay

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

Jean Giraudoux

WomenRelationshipMenBelieveSay

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

John Sterling

WorldOwnTyrantsOurLordsAffords

I love talking about clothes with women; it's like a code because women dress for women.

Mindy Kaling

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When I became a father, all that stuff rose up again from the back of my mind. I suddenly realised how uninvolved my father had been in my life.

Juergen Teller

LifeFatherMindRoseMy LifeBack

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, whatever it may be, is maybe the most fun couple weeks we have a year, but I love being able to control my own destiny. The work that I am able to put in ahead of time was either going to come out and I was going to be successful with it, or I was going to try and fail and learn how to succeed the next time.

Jordan Spieth

WorkLoveTimeI AmFunControl

Body language and tone of voice - not words - are our most powerful assessment tools.

Christopher Voss

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I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.

Christine Baranski

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I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me.

Corey Taylor

MusicMeSayingYouDownI Can

The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group.

Bruce Johnston

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