Colin Powell Quotes

Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Persian Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked.

Colin Powell

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It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create.

Joe Elliott

LiveTechnologyYouCreatePlayGo

I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I'm like, 'Gah, this obviously isn't a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?'

Sophie Hannah

StartBookReadingMysteryWantWhy

I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people who paid a price for that art to be created and whether or not I want to appreciate that art on their backs.

Roxane Gay

GreatArtPeopleAppreciateI Can

What I find very interesting is, we're not enthralled by the ancient world, and we've escaped all kinds of ancient preconceptions and assumptions and prejudices. But, nevertheless, we still make that connection between authoritative speech and male speech.

Mary Beard

WorldInterestingSpeechConnection

Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.

Mickey Rivers

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The world of women fascinates me, probably because my sister and I were always together as children in our mother's salon after school and after ballet classes. We used to talk about what we saw: the different ladies who would come in, all with their distinctive personalities.

Monica Cruz

MotherWomenChildrenTogetherWorld

We'll never see national shows with 45 shares again.

Drew Carey

NeverSeeAgainNationalShows

The biggest issue about the height factor is the bias that the NFL has about it.

Doug Flutie

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When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that are physically or mentally demanding to keep myself busy until the next big idea comes.

Philipp Meyer

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You can't geek out with a lot of people about Linda Manz.

Ryan Gosling

PeopleYouOutGeekAboutLinda

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

Ryan North

StoryWriteOutFullActually

When I was 5, 6 - so you know, memories aren't that great - I remember coming home and I remember seeing all of our belongings on the street and a Salvation Army truck picking them up. We got taken to a shelter. And then we moved around a lot, finding places to stay.

Richard Carmona

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