Ernest Istook Quotes

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.

Ernest Istook

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StrengthFatherSonDiversityMeUp

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve.

Joe Nichols

MeBlessedDeserveMoreLordThan

When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.

Rosamund Pike

EyesTimePeopleBelieveYouFirst

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

Mitch Hedberg

GoodWallMatterNeverTennisGet

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things.

Joseph Epstein

CultureExperienceReadingBetter

Fate is for losers.

Douglas Coupland

FateLosers

Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.

Cofer Black

LeadershipTimeStressOrganization

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

Brendan Fraser

GoodCharacterCultureSocietyWay

My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice.

Bonnie Tyler

SuccessMotherBelieve In YourselfMe

I love going to flea markets especially when I am traveling, because I love seeing the stuff of other cultures, handicrafts and things with historical content.

Anna Sui

LoveI AmSeeingCulturesContent

One has to confront history honestly.

Wole Soyinka

HistoryConfrontHonestly

I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.

Sean Connery

AdmitDeserveMorePaidWellBeen

It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about.

Tim Rice

GoodPeopleSomethingMostCliche

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