I don't think my dad ever raised his voice to my mother or to me, ever.
Bobby Knight
Recitation: by Male by Female
It has been lately urged in a very respectable quarter that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty all over the globe, and especially over this continent - even by force, if necessary. It is a sad delusion.
John C. Calhoun
SadMissionCountryLibertyOver
Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.
Jerry Reinsdorf
YouSometimesWantPayGetPremium
I have worked hard in my career, but I have been lucky as well.
Jennifer Damiano
CareerLuckyHardWellBeenWorked
I didn't know the books and certainly didn't know the tragic origin story of Mary Poppins in 1906 Australia.
John Lee Hancock
StoryKnowAustraliaOriginBooks
This is what Steve Jobs understood: Brands are defined not by the best thing on the product but by the worst thing.
Robert Scoble
BestProductWorstUnderstoodThing
When people start talking about venture capital and finances and how to create this and do that, a lot of it, I swear, it's like sitting in an escrow meeting when all you want to do is buy a house, and you're signing 50 pieces of paper, but you have no idea what they're talking about.
Tony Hawk
PeopleStartTalkingYouHouseWant
Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one a writer.
Roger Zelazny
LifeEducationLearningThinkYou
Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system, to beat the market or at least find someone who will pay you a lot of money, 'cause they're convinced that there is a free lunch.
Ron Bloom
MoneyLunchFreeGameSomeoneYou
I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that a friend lived, or a person from my community here, or a woman anywhere around the world.
Rupi Kaur
FriendLiveCommunityExperience
Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work, and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.
Mike Rowe
WorkFaceHonorLookDirtyDirt
There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.
Molly Shannon
HeartRejectionWhereBecauseJust
I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.
Brian Eno
ArtSchoolThoughtMagicNeverJust
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