As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.
William Wilberforce
Recitation: by Male by Female
Birmingham did a truly remarkable thing in building Symphony Hall, which is the finest concert hall in the U.K. and one of the best in the world. The city has supported music without putting on the brakes.
Andris Nelsons
MusicBestCityWorldBuildingDid
Every day I get more and more honest.
Jeff Probst
DayEvery DayMoreHonestGetEvery
I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world.
Sukarno
LifeFearHateStruggleWorldSmall
I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy.
Steven Gerrard
ThinkNameEnjoyOutSomething
Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.
Steven Pinker
SpiritOverNobleGetJudaismJews
I started to work at the Colony in March 1958. I remember my first day because the telephone started to ring, and it was Sinatra, three for lunch, his usual table; Onassis, two for lunch, usual table; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Leland Hayward, Truman Capote, all wanting their usual tables.
Sirio Maccioni
WorkDayLunchRememberTableThree
I never liked the glossiness of highly produced standup specials in general - I like it where it has more of a feel of the type of places I usually perform. It seems kind of weird when you do a special to go perform in a place unlike the place where you perform 95% of the time.
Matt Besser
TimeWeirdFeelYouPlaceKind
Don't wait for someone to call you up. You can do anything. You have all the possibilities in the world.
Luka Sulic
WaitWorldSomeonePossibilitiesYou
To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.
Jonathan Sacks
EducationArmyYouCountryNeed
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams
UniverseWhyWillMoreDisappear
Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.
Chris Matthews
PeopleWorldOpportunitiesSomeone
I love traveling. I love meeting people. I love performing, but it's hard to be gone and to not have a real life and to just get the emotional love that you need from the people you're traveling with.
Sharon Van Etten
LifeLovePeopleYouMeetingNeed
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