Thomas Peterffy Quotes

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy.

Thomas Peterffy

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SuccessPeopleCareTake CareYou

You can be great only if it is your destiny.

Andrea Bocelli

GreatDestinyYouOnlyYour

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.

Robert Smithson

ArtArchitectureHabitPainting

Everyone has to try to give back as much as possible because I think in all sports it helps kids to have role models or people to look up to. Someone like Jess Ennis, I know a lot of young girls have started to get into athletics stuff because of her, because of her success.

Andy Murray

SuccessSportsPeopleThinkSomeone

I prefer to talk about our problems, to be proud of them, in place of trying to hide them. Because you can't. And I prefer to dance, to smile on it, to laugh on it.

Stromae

SmileDanceProudProblemsLaugh

I'm a big Arcade Fire fan. I love the way they make records - 'Funeral' being my favorite.

Tom Odell

LoveFireWayArcadeFuneralBig

As a cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading, I am particularly concerned with the plight of the reading brain as it encounters this technologically rich society.

Maryanne Wolf

I AmBrainSocietyReadingRichAm

I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had fun.

Mary Lou Jepsen

FunArtistBandMetPlayedReed

If you desire something, you don't have it. It is more interesting than enjoyment, because enjoyment erases the mysteries and the vision of desire. Desire opens up possibilities but never achieves anything, whereas enjoyment is just the brutal achievement of something - and after that, it's done.

Luca Guadagnino

VisionAchievementInterestingYou

Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.

Jon Fishman

AmericaBandSeattleOutNirvana

At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot.

Chris Hemsworth

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I learned a long time ago to be honest when I'm talking to other artists. Up-and-coming artists used to come and say something, they would have a demo reel, and I would try to tell them the truth. I don't go up and say something unless I really feel it.

Common

TruthTimeFeelTalkingLongGo

I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind.

Peter Steele

GreatMindMeThinkOutJust

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