Allen Covert Quotes

I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of those principles in children's books today.

Allen Covert

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Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

John Donne

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We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations.

John O'Neill

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Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.

Tom Frieden

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The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their electoral votes to the candidate that got the most votes in the country, not just in the state.

Tom Golisano

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Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It's giving people new expectations. It's allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you'll quickly be dismissed as a poser.

Roy H. Williams

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I really like being home. I like being comfortable, and I'm not a very dramatic person.

Julia Holter

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Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

Jon Corzine

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When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.

Diego Maradona

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Everything that happens later in life is appreciated in a different way. You can appreciate the thing for what it is, which you couldn't if you were 25 and had never experienced much else. You would take it all for granted and think that's what life is like.

Christoph Waltz

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Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.

Brian J. Smith

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There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate.

Anne Hathaway

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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.

Polly Toynbee

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