There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
Niels Bohr
Recitation: by Male by Female
I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline.
Andy Kindler
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When you collect bad loans... you sure learn a lot about making good ones. You also learn a lot about the power of persuasion, persistence and desperation.
John Stumpf
GoodPowerPersistenceLearnYou
It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.
Robert Bork
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It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.
Mira Nair
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
Diane Ackerman
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It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.
Dee Dee Myers
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Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas.
Chuck Close
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As a player, I was very lucky to have so many good managers in my career. I remember the first two at Lecce: Eugenio Fascetti and Carlo Mazzone. They were very important for me and my growth.
Antonio Conte
GoodGrowthMeRememberCareerTwo
Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.
Sylvester Stallone
ActionWayAlwaysBottomSeenJust
When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.
Tim Howard
YouPlaySometimesTopBeatAgainst
A designated patient 'carries' the group's dysfunction. A designated issue performs the same service for an individual, dominating our psyches so that other troubles can go unnoticed.
Martha Beck
ServiceGoGroupPatientIndividual
Sponsorship is about putting your name and reputation on the line for someone else. It could be as simple as recommending someone for a new role, yet it's one of the most powerful cultural tools any organization has.
Lynne Doughtie
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