Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Honore de Balzac
Recitation: by Male by Female
I've never finished anything by Dickens.
Jim Crace
NeverAnythingFinishedDickens
I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.
Joan Didion
StrengthSurePhysical StrengthNovel
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ChildrenEarlyNothingUpShould
In the early '80s, it was hard to find celebrities you can identify with if you lived in the hood. There weren't any rap videos at the time.
Mekhi Phifer
TimeHoodYouEarlyFindHard
Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.
Maurice Strong
TodayProgressPastOpportunities
Reconstruction is the great black hole that remains to be filled. Even experts on the Civil War don't really understand its full significance.
Ron Chernow
GreatWarBlackUnderstandCivil War
My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
ExperienceWinWaveYouWhatever
I was the first to sign up for Botox when it first came out.
Janice Dickinson
FirstOutUpBotoxSignCame
We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming.
David Seltzer
DaysShotLotFilmingLucas
I ski every three years or so. I don't have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I'll happily toddle about a green or blue run.
Cherie Lunghi
ConfidenceBlueGreenThreeRun
I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is 'beat the heat.' It's always July under the lights.
Bob Weir
MeGameNameLightsHeatStage
When 'MADtv' got cancelled, I didn't work at all - for three years.
Bobby Lee
WorkThreeYearsGotCancelled
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