There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.
George MacDonald
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think you'll do as well as most professionals. Most professionals don't beat the market. Let's not over-rate my industry. But if you have time, you can be in good mutual funds that have good records.
Jim Cramer
GoodTimeThinkYouBeatIndustry
I love Rome. I'm very happy there. I wasn't in New York.
Jhumpa Lahiri
LoveNew YorkHappyNewRomeVery
Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.
Joan Didion
GoodOpportunityTruthPowerTime
I don't fall in love easily. It's odd; one of the first things I think about when I go out with a woman is what it would be like to be married to her. And yet I have a tough time committing.
Matt Dillon
LoveTimeWomanToughThinkFall
It's misleading to essentialize an entire society as if it were a single mind.
Steven Pinker
MindSocietySingleMisleadingWere
I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression.
Tom Glazer
DepressionWifeCollegeWashington
Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.
Rose Namajunas
FightStepShortAwayNoticeShot
For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.
Ruth Ozeki
YouEdgeWantSeePointWhere
I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.
Jared Leto
MeNobodySingleUpAnythingEvery
When I go to China, people call me 'Uncle Mo' because they refer me as Yao Ming's uncle. I'm pleased to be his uncle as long as he listens to me!
Dikembe Mutombo
PeopleMeLongUncleGoChina
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
Dick Cavett
I AmPracticeWorstAlwaysAnts
So much of the mainstream media has taught us what beauty is, but everyone is beautiful.
Chrissy Metz
BeautyBeautifulMediaEveryoneUs
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