Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Thomas Carlyle
Recitation: by Male by Female
At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically.
Jimmy Chamberlin
SayMoreFirstMusicallyStarted
When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.
John Carpenter
LifeLoveAgeCourageRestYou
My daughter Stacia was born when I was 31, after I was divorced from David, and she was my gift to myself. She was just a joy because I didn't have the stress of a male irritating me, and I vowed that I would make absolutely certain that between her and me there would be a clear line of communication at all times.
Angela Bowie
CommunicationDaughterMyselfStress
One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.
Jeff Bridges
VotingHandsCardsCreateGoWant
I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.
Michael B. Jordan
LoveSportsBaseballGrowing UpUp
Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.
Tracy Austin
ChangeMotherWinningGameChance
We have so many young men, especially, who are growing up without their dads. We have to fill that void. We have to do a better job helping young people see what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman. And then, somehow, we have to put that family structure back together.
Tony Dungy
FamilyMenTogetherJobWomanMan
A cult is a religion with no political power.
Tom Wolfe
PowerReligionPoliticalCult
As the World Champion, every day is pretty much like Valentine's Day for me - as far as hooking up with the ladies.
Judah Friedlander
Valentine's DayDayWorldChampion
One thing I wish I'd been told in school is that my language is valid.
Jason Reynolds
SchoolLanguageWishI WishBeen
Our fighters would be nowhere if they didn't have the support coming from folks like those that served with me.
Joni Ernst
SupportMeComingNowhereFighters
Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.
Chip Conley
BusinessWisdomMoneySmallSuits
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