It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
George Jean Nathan
Recitation: by Male by Female
In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
John Kenneth Galbraith
FaithHopeGreatEconomicsDeep
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.
Robert Sternberg
LearningChildConsequencesWillGet
I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science.
Ann Druyan
TechnologyScienceCultureThinking
I have six brothers and sisters. My mother has six kids from two different marriages. And we would just sit around making fun of each other's dad, and all our dads had real problems.
Michael Che
MotherFunProblemsRealTwoSit
Working out is my way of saying to cancer, 'You're trying to invade my body; you're trying to take me away from my daughters, but I'm stronger than you. And I'm going to hit harder than you.'
Stuart Scott
MeSayingTryingStrongerYouBody
Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.
Rob McElhenney
AestheticComedyNeedSeemJust
Setting regulatory certainty is very important for bitcoin. I'm opposed to the regulations, but the bitcoin businesses need to know the rules of the game in order to move ahead.
Roger Ver
GameRulesKnowImportantAhead
My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.
Mildred Dresselhaus
GreatEnergySurpriseChairUnited
Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested.
Milla Jovovich
PeopleYouWhyIntelligentBecause
I just loved jokes so much as a child. I remember wanting to perform at, like... age seven by reading from a kids' joke book, and my parents being like, 'That's not what standup comedy is,' and me being like, 'Not yet it isn't! I'm going to change the game.'
Josh Gondelman
ChangeAgeChildParentsMeReading
I think what's great about your community is that it's different than anyone else's. Look around. What do you want to change? What needs to be built, or what's valuable and needs to be maintained? Is it the people? Local animals? Your parks or gardens? Hospitals?
Debby Ryan
ChangeCommunityGreatPeopleThink
I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.
Colin Firth
WorkGoodPeopleMeThoughtMillion
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