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Thomas Mann Quotes

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

Thomas Mann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: german
Birth: June 6, 1875 - August 12, 1955

Topics

Positive Simple Endurance Meet More

I tend to read mostly 20th-century fiction, 20th-, 21st-century fiction in Italian.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Fiction Read Italian Tend Mostly

We want young people to know what they believe, why they believe it. I believe America was built on the Judeo-Christian ethic; I want to see the nation return to the Judeo-Christian ethic.

Jerry Falwell

People Believe America Know Young

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

Jennifer Aniston

Famous Become Never Out Successful

I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you down too much, like other labels would. It's just newer, it has less baggage. I'm happy to be in that category.

Andrew Bird

Happy You Down Too Much Say Rock

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

John Locke

Great Ocean Know Sailor Line Cannot

I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.

John McEnroe

Believe You I Believe Autobiography

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some ugly clothes growing up, and I never had any privileges. In some ways, I think the person that I am now, I think it's good that I had that kind of tough upbringing.

Amy Chua

Good Shoes Money I Am Ugly Parents

My perfect beach town isn't a fancy resort or glitzy planned community. It's a place with a hometown grocery that has decent meat, seafood, and a deli; a couple of ice cream shops; and a handful of good restaurants - where the island-wide dress code is 'no shoes, no shirt, no problem.'

Mary Kay Andrews

Good Community Shoes Beach Dress

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large ensemble dramas where you had many stories going on at once. I wanted to do a show that shared that element, and that's really why I wanted to develop 'Parenthood' as a series.

Jason Katims

Night Friday You Lights Why Going

I have a lady, she's a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We're on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we're not on the same page we'll move forward with it. We're interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person's vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.

Jon Hamm

Love Marriage Great Day Me Forward

Votorantim is attentive to opportunities that arise in both domestic and international markets to expand its businesses.

Antonio Ermirio de Moraes

Opportunities Expand Markets Domestic

With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hoping to dismantle the public notion - for folks outside of the community - of what Black Lives Matter means. It's really about saying that black lives matter: that humanity is the same when you go inside people's homes.

Ava DuVernay

Community Focus People Saying Black