Colin Powell Quotes

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.

Colin Powell

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MarriageLiveTogetherPeopleLaw

I change the workout every month, so you never adapt and never plateau.

Jillian Michaels

ChangeYouAdaptNeverMonthEvery

I was studying chemistry, and this is a physically hard job because you are in the laboratory, you work hard, and you come home in the late afternoon or in the evening and you always needed a break.

Joachim Sauer

WorkHomeJobWork HardEveningYou

I cannot conceive of how more than 1% of us could possibly survive a cyberwar.

John McAfee

SurviveMoreUsCannotThanHow

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

Matthieu Ricard

SmilePainEmpathySufferingSomeone

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.

Stacy Schiff

MountainStoryLiteratureDownUp

It's commonly said that if slaughterhouses had clear glass walls, nobody would eat meat. I think people go out of their way to remain ignorant about how factory farm animals are treated.

Steve-O

WallsPeopleThinkFarmNobodySaid

When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.'

Steven Wright

FunnyDayAttentionPersonSayKid

For bedtime reading, I usually curl up with a good monograph on quantum physics or string theory, my specialty. But since I was a child, I have been fascinated by science fiction. My all-time favorite is 'The Foundation Trilogy,' by Isaac Asimov.

Michio Kaku

GoodScienceChildReadingPhysics

I got to a stage where tennis was the only thing in my life, and I didn't like that.

Luke Mitchell

LifeMy LifeTennisStageWhereGot

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

Joseph Conrad

SeaModernHighwayMakeShipsMuch

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Joseph McCabe

SlaveryPopeEverCondemned

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

Denis Waitley

PerspectiveValueYouLookBeyond

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