A life which does not go into action is a failure.
Arnold J. Toynbee
Recitation: by Male by Female
I prefer to solve conflict with kindness. That's my first approach. If that doesn't work, there's always the alternative. I'm from Israel. I can tell a person what I think if I have to!
Anat Cohen
WorkKindnessConflictThinkI Can
Nobody wants to shut down the government.
Jeb Hensarling
GovernmentDownNobodyWantsShut
I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself.
Michael Franti
MusicMyselfHappyPeopleFeelFind
The good ending dismisses us with a touch of ceremony and throws a backward light of significance over the story just read. It makes it, as they say, or unmakes it. A weak beginning is forgettable, but the end of a story bulks in the reader's mind like the giant foot in a foreshortened photograph.
John Updike
GoodLightBeginningMindEnding
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
Spike Milligan
FatherMeInfluenceProfoundHeHad
When I left the country to study in the U.K., I suddenly realized, and I'm still realizing, how much other stuff is out there - like My Bloody Valentine, who millions of people are passionate about, but they're still considered an 'underground' band.
St. Lucia
PeopleCountryPassionateBandStudy
Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.
Ron Fournier
RelationshipWifeMeBetterNever
If you would ask me some of the ingredients that people are surprised by that could appear on my menu are such things as bleu cheese, vegetables like parsnips and rutabaga, bacon, pork fat, fois gras, truffles, and olives.
Johnny Iuzzini
PeopleMeFatYouVegetablesCheese
My guitar-playing always included bass lines, melody lines, and rhythm-guitar grooves.
Donovan
AlwaysLinesBassMelodyIncluded
In 2010, the iPhone was only three years old, and many people still didn't see smartphones as the indispensable digital appendages they are today. Seven years later, virtually everything we do causes us to bleed digital information, putting us at the mercy of invisible algorithms that threaten to consume our freedom.
Chelsea Manning
TodayFreedomPeopleInformationSee
I think any great culture is born out of transparent, authentic communication. You almost can't overcommunicate. You can try, and you might think, 'Oh, do I really have to say this again?' And the answer is yes.
Brad Garlinghouse
CommunicationGreatCultureThink
In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas he provided.
Bob Beauprez
StarsVictoryEnoughCanvasPaint
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