Richard Engel Quotes

You gotta love the names. They're so eager, earnest, and hopeful: Camp Prosperity, Camp Liberty, and Camp Victory are the names of just a few of the U.S. military bases in Baghdad.

Richard Engel

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LoveVictoryYouLibertyProsperity

Cycling is an endurance sport. You lose your fast-twitch ability as you age, but your endurance peaks when you hit 30. I don't think I really started feeling my age until around 40.

Jens Voigt

AgeThinkYouLoseEnduranceYour

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

Matthew McConaughey

HeartPeopleSucceedEnoughDownUs

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

Mercedes Lackey

CharacterThinkImpactTrySenses

I'm a fan boy when it comes to Michael Buble. He's just so good at 'it'. He's got a voice of this generation, but he's like a time capsule; he's got a voice that could have fit in anywhere over the last hundred years. It's stellar.

Robbie Williams

GoodTimeVoiceGenerationBoyOver

My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

Roberta Flack

MusicTodayHopeAngerWillBecome

Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.

Michael Sheen

LiveSadBestExperienceHappyMe

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

Mo Yan

PathPeopleWritingFeetEmotions

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun.

Didi Conn

TeacherSchoolFunBookDrawingYou

When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to redefine yourself. But I never felt the need to randomly reshuffle the deck and say, 'Don't call me Peter. Call me Pete.' I just figured you evolve naturally, and you'll be recognized for what your successes are.

Peter Billingsley

YourselfChildMeYouPlaySay

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.'

Shailene Woodley

LifeFunnyTryingSeriousNever

If Google Books is successful, others will follow.

Sergey Brin

WillOthersGoogleFollowSuccessful

A lot of people think I'm gay. I have really red lips, so they say I wear lipstick; they say my dance is very feminine, and a lot of people think I look like a girl. But that's fine. I take the criticism positively.

Tiger Shroff

GirlDanceRedPeopleThinkLips

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