James Fallows Quotes

No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs.

James Fallows

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Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do, you're on the road to death.

Jerry Seinfeld

DeathStartRoadDoingYouOnly

Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy.

Michael Horton

SayingWayMovementAmbiguityWhich

When I was younger I used to want to own a sweet shop so I could eat sweets all day, but that dream died a long time ago.

Amy Nuttall

TimeDaySweetLongDreamLong Time

I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it.

Sia

FamousLittleGotLikeLittle Bit

We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.

Roh Moo-hyun

ConfidenceDriveDestinyDecideOwn

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

Little Richard

LightDarknessPeopleControlBright

For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could.

Diego Klattenhoff

WorkExperiencePeoplePayWhatever

I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan.

Corey Feldman

GirlWifeYouRulesSeriouslyMeet

I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful.

Alison Owen

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I had a kind of artrock band called Peanut for a while, which eventually helped me over my fear of singing. That was a big step for me. I never dreamed I could sing songs in front of people.

Withered Hand

FearStepPeopleMeSingingKind

The best way to be, is to do.

Wynton Marsalis

BestWayBest Way

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time. Three, I'm Cuban. But now, I've made everything that stacked against me into a virtue.

Pitbull

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