Ethan Coen Quotes

In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards - probably a stupid vulture, and that was frustrating.

Ethan Coen

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PainStupidGritTrueStandardsHad

Though some choices may slow our journey, every path we take gives us more familiarity with how our actions affect the world around us, giving us more opportunities to learn how to help ourselves and others.

Matthew Underwood

JourneyPathWorldOpportunities

Once you're in a network, you can do a whole bunch of things to that network. It's just that NSA doesn't have the authority to do that.

Michael Hayden

YouAuthorityThingsWholeJustNSA

My father was a builder. During my high school years, I worked for him. One summer, I was working with a guy who had just come back from Vietnam and had been a tunnel rat. He wouldn't talk about the experience, but it sounded really scary to me.

Michael Connelly

FatherExperienceSchoolMeBack

At the age of 70-something, Helen Gurley Brown was still a woman who knew how to get men to look at her.

John Searles

AgeMenWomanLookHerGet

If some nation says to us, 'You can have aid, but you have to end confrontation,' then I say, 'Go to hell with your aid.'

Sukarno

EndHellYouGoSayNation

There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a mere athlete, probably spoilt by all the publicity and fame, dare aspire to neurology? But I'd done a lot of research, and my academic record was very good.

Roger Bannister

GoodResearchFeelingFameDone

The General Assembly is a unique organ. It's the most representative organ of the United Nations, where all 193 Member States are present. Each has one vote regardless of its size, power, or wealth. That gives the body a huge authority.

Miroslav Lajcak

PowerPresentWealthBodyUnique

There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.

Liz Vassey

WomenMechanicMaintenanceHighLow

Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

Jon Corzine

LoveWordsValuesNationDeeds

I ask myself in every game to be the one to take responsibility.

David Silva

MyselfResponsibilityGameAskTake

Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.

Cheryl Ladd

SuccessNobodySaidOvernight Success

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

PeopleYouWiserTellThanThem

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