Richard Grenell Quotes

U.S. academics and Upper East Side New Yorkers like to think of the United Nations as a place where foreign ambassadors have intellectual discussions about power and world peace.

Richard Grenell

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PowerPeaceWorldThinkPlaceNew

I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.

John Gurdon

SmallStrongDoingBornThingsBeen

I always switch off from the business when I go across the threshold. Home is home, and I try to keep it that way.

John Caudwell

HomeBusinessGoWayTryAlways

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

Maya Angelou

MusicThinkExistenceI Think

I used to hitchhike a lot. I'd come home on the train from New York, and there'd be no cabs, but people would pick me right up and take me to my door because they recognised me. It was like a car service. I never really had a bad experience hitchhiking.

John Waters

HomeCarServiceExperienceNew York

Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress.

Steven Levy

FutureIntelligenceProgressBlue

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

Robert Altman

LiveChanceFilmmakingMoviesMany

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

Roger Ebert

HealthJoyHappyWorldProblems

I do some weights and I do a lot of stretching.

Mike Ditka

StretchingSomeWeightsLot

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

Dennis Quaid

KidHoustonUpFavoriteWantedGrew

The first job I had was a Pampers commercial. And I used to go with my father whenever he would do a performance. I remember clinging to his legs, saying, 'Please. Take me with you.'

Christian Slater

FatherJobMePerformanceSayingGo

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert.

Cliff Richard

MusicPeopleEnjoyHobbyYouMay

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as 'the little wife.' You don't know what it was like then! I'd never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

Alice Munro

MoneyWifeHusbandYouKnowYoung

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