I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.
Alan Furst
Recitation: by Male by Female
I beat Anderson Silva and then Luke Rockhold, who was, pound-for-pound, one of the best. Now I get to do Dan Henderson, who is a legend in the sport.
Michael Bisping
BestLegendNowBeatGetWho
Historians evaluating George W. Bush's first term will focus on foreign policy and, most of all, 9/11. I think they will criticize him for his early reaction, for not returning at once to Washington, D.C.
Robert Dallek
FocusThinkEarlyWashingtonWill
But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.
Tom Hanks
AgeHistoryTimePeopleSociety
The one thing that I'm most proud of, during the Second World War, I worked on airplanes in a defense plant.
Ruth Duccini
WarWorldProudPlantWorld War I
Stories mimic life like certain insects mimic leaves and twigs.
Mary Gaitskill
LifeInsectsLikeStoriesCertain
I think that as you get older, you mellow out a lot more. Having been through the ups and downs in life, I feel more qualified to play the blues.
Mick Ralphs
LifeThinkUps And DownsFeelYou
A lot of the other companies in the space have really left a bad taste in regulators' mouths. It's actually been a huge advantage when we come in and we take the time to sit down and get to know them, explain the business, explain what we do.
Logan Green
BusinessTimeSpaceBadDownKnow
Mancini was a big part of my life. I sang a lot of his music, and he became a good buddy.
Johnny Mathis
LifeGoodMusicMy LifeBigBuddy
It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.
Dick Spring
OpportunityBestThinkStoneAchieve
The thing that drives me more than anything else is being a father.
Dean Cain
FatherMeMoreAnythingBeingThan
We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe.
Christopher Alexander
HarmonyKindTwoSearchingContext
Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
Corrie Ten Boom
GodNeverCallDiscernment
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