The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle
Recitation: by Male by Female
We all remember the people who won the World Series and not the guy who struck out.
John Rampton
PeopleWorldRememberOutGuyWho
I think, in any profession, what you fear most is not being able to perform, about not being able to meet new challenges. The fear of non-acceptance, particularly if in creative art. What happens if the audiences do not like you anymore!
Amitabh Bachchan
FearArtCreativeChallengesThink
I think, when I was little, I was a little obsessed with anything that provided luck: Buddhas, 4-leaf clovers, heads-up pennies, even - gasp - a rabbit foot - which actually kind of disgusts me now.
Alysia Reiner
MeLuckThinkNowKindAnything
Golf mogul Donald Trump sports an arrangement of hair that is less a comb-over than a 'do-over, a candy-floss confection of gossamer wisps that comes off as the clumsiest cover-up since Watergate.
Steve Rushin
SportsHairGolfDonald TrumpOff
My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.
Tony Visconti
FamilyHumorMeFriendsSometimes
I'm careful, controlled, bodily conservative: if someone offered me a pill I'd only ever take a half.
Roy Harper
MeSomeoneConservativeTakeHalf
It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God.
Roy Moore
GodPeopleRecognizeProper
On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves.
Joshua Slocum
SeaDayWindWavesEnoughSaid
As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.
Jose Andres
BetterAmericanImmigrantsUnderstand
I look forward to a life partner who can look after me and respect me.
Divyanka Tripathi
LifeRespectMeForwardPartnerWho
I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.
Douglas Booth
LoveMindRememberYouMadPerson
Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
Sylvester Stallone
MeYouWell-BeingImportantGet
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