Peter Matthiessen Quotes

I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.

Peter Matthiessen

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GrowthGreatPeopleCapitalismBlack

The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement.

Jim Brown

HappyPeopleCivil RightsMovement

I know nothing about dogs except that I love them.

Joe Garagiola

LoveKnowNothingDogsExceptAbout

Any time you're near a kangaroo, it's a close call.

Jerry O'Connell

TimeYouKangarooCallCloseNear

I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy.

Steven Gerrard

ThinkNameEnjoyOutSomething

I've always been trying to do as little as possible, and I'm getting better at it all the time.

Rob Van Dam

TimeBetterGetting BetterTrying

Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

Michael Korda

NumbersSalesReadersCorrespond

You have a negative, and you can have an influence whether you want to have it more contrasty or less contrasty; you can pre-flash the photo paper. You can make it warmer or colder, lighter, darker. This is all a way of manipulating the image in a normal way, not changing the pixels.

Juergen Teller

InfluenceNegativeYouWantWay

It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

Joichi Ito

LawEasyInnocentTerrorismHuman

Russia is a Tier 1 cyber power.

Dmitri Alperovitch

PowerCyberRussia

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

Dolly Parton

GoodTogetherPhoneFirstTwoTied

There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry.

Clint Howard

FutureEyesMoviesWillAlwaysBig

There's a lot of schlock out there.

Ari Graynor

OutLot

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