Anthony Doerr Quotes

I have always felt that it's a little artificial to divide the sciences and the arts on college campuses.

Anthony Doerr

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CollegeAlwaysLittleArtsDivide

Music is my life. It is sacred.

Jimmy Chamberlin

LifeMusicMy LifeSacred

I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've got this problem, so let's find the solution. Let's find a scientist, let's find politicians who are prepared to shape the future, or try and keep up with it.'

Jenny Shipley

ChangeFuturePeopleProblemTalking

The fact that what we believe about marriage - that it should be between a man and a woman - and that we're pro-life, somehow that becomes radical? Why is that? It's because our culture has changed. But the truth is, culture may change, people change, but the Word of God never changes, and that's what we rest our belief system on.

Robert Jeffress

ChangeMarriageGodTruthCulture

The history of philosophy is actually full of people who argue for rather wild and incredible views, and their reputations are based on the skill of arguing for them.

Robert Nozick

HistoryPeoplePhilosophySkillWild

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

Angelina Jolie

LifePositiveMotherYouArtistWay

There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.

Steve Daines

GovernmentOpportunitiesEfficiency

The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combinations in which one never encounters the stereotyped.

Alvar Aalto

NatureBestWorldResultConnection

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.

Tommy Lasorda

GoodWinYouLoseBadMatter

I've given many lessons in many sports over the years to many different people.

Martina Navratilova

SportsPeopleOverDifferent People

I believe in celebrating the female figure and embracing what we've been given, not hiding that.

Miranda Kerr

BelieveI BelieveHidingI Believe In

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

Bryant H. McGill

ThinkPersonBeyondCommonFears

I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke out. I protested the first Iraq War in college.

Peter Paige

WarTeenCollegeWayFirstOut

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