Beyonce Knowles Quotes

We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.

Beyonce Knowles

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WorkFamilyTogetherParentsPeople

After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more honest about the realities of the community I was writing about.

Jesmyn Ward

CommunityWritingPoliticalEnough

One chance is all you need.

Jesse Owens

ChanceYouNeed

Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.

John O. Brennan

WarHellInnocentSometimesWhyYes

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that.

Robert Redford

PeopleControlSameAnythingHere

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

Michael Hayden

LifeCultureDayIntelligenceTough

Speaker Boehner has said many times that the House of Representatives is the closest institution to the people, and he recognizes that by empowering the members to have direct input into the process.

Tom Graves

PeopleProcessHouseSaidHeDirect

To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.

Mary Oliver

YouFindNewDifferentWordAlert

I want a house with a garden, but slap bang in the centre of London. Next door to a sushi bar.

Michelle Dockery

DoorHouseGardenSushiWantLondon

I've learnt that the world over, everyone's essentially the same. We are all trying to have a nice time and get along with things.

Dominic Monaghan

TimeWorldTryingNiceSameOver

I worked at this great Toronto bar, Indian Motorcycle. I started off as the grunt. I was the guy who cleaned up the puke and the ashtrays and the garbage. Worked in front from four in the afternoon until four in the morning.

Diego Klattenhoff

MorningGreatMotorcycleGarbageBar

Just set yourself a goal and try and stick to it. Because you'll always end up better than where you started.

Anthony Joshua

YourselfEndBetterYouGoalTry

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

Anne Bradstreet

ChanceSayProveWellStolenElse

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