Bill Withers Quotes

I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.

Bill Withers

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MirrorYourselfWindowWorldLook

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

Jodi Picoult

ChangeMindMeOpinionCareWhy

I am all for stem cell research.

Stevie Wonder

I AmResearchStem Cell ResearchStem

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

Ruben Blades

PeopleAcceptTalentsOffRipped

I knew I wanted to be a father; I didn't know it was going to be this awesome or that my kid would come out so beautiful and lovely.

Mike Myers

FatherBeautifulKnowKidLovely

Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

Joni Ernst

GoodShoesSchoolMomGrowing Up

The biggest thing in my life - the biggest - is raising dollars to help kids battle cancer.

Dick Vitale

LifeBattleMy LifeHelpCancer

'Final Countdown' would be a welcomed tune, even as a competitor.

Cody Rhodes

FinalCompetitorWouldEvenTune

I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways.

Claudia Christian

AdaptOldSomebodyWaysElseToo

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.

Brandi Carlile

VintageAdviceNewEmbraceRetro

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.

Anne Rice

FutureKingPeopleReadingLearnUp

If you dig deep and keep peeling the onion, artists and freelance writers are the leaders in society - the people who start to get new ideas out.

Allan Savory

PeopleIdeasSocietyStartDeepYou

The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices.

Wole Soyinka

CreativityTogetherKnowAbility

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