Annie Lennox Quotes

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

Annie Lennox

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SupportPeopleCharityLongMeeting

A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.

Maxine Kumin

WordsPeopleFindOutDictionary

I always thought I was more of a mommy's boy, because she was charming, talkative, a great storyteller. But as I dug back into my past, I realized I am exactly like my father on so many levels, although I never thought I inherited anything from him.

Robert Lepage

FatherGreatPastI AmThoughtBack

When people performing on the public's behalf feel intimidated, it's a sorry affair.

Michael Frome

PeopleSorryFeelPerformingAffair

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

Trisha Yearwood

MomSickCareYouNobodyYour

During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, 'Hang on a minute - I can paint.' I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.

Ronnie Wood

MoneyNew YorkThoughtI CanLiving

What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get only these public-school-type army officers talking about what was going on out there. I kept thinking, 'Why don't we get the true voice of the squaddie? Why don't we hear from the lads on the battlefield?'

Ross Kemp

PeopleMeVoiceThinkingTalking

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

Mickey Mantle

CareYouWhoHearThoseBoos

Sometimes you have to make decisions without knowing all that you would like to know That's part of the job.

Janet Yellen

JobDecisionsYouKnowSometimes

By the time I finished the first series, 'Marvel Universe vs. Punisher,' I knew that there was a lot more story to tell.

Jonathan Maberry

TimeStoryUniverseMoreFirstTell

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

Dick Cheney

GovernmentGrowWealthCreateWay

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Douglas Adams

FamilyBirdSmallDuckHandsLooks

It takes skill to sing bad and dance bad, because there's a certain amount of unawareness that people have when they can't sing and they can't dance, so I have to say that it is a challenge!

Annaleigh Ashford

ChallengeDancePeopleBadSkill

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