Alan Huffman Quotes

When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history.

Alan Huffman

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HistoryMomentSimpleConstruction

The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'

Joe R. Lansdale

PeopleTexasAmericaMeanLineMost

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

Jessica Hagedorn

PeopleCountryDogsEatIndigenous

My baseline function is I'm usually really happy and optimistic. I think I really genuinely like being alive, and I've got a spring in my step - that's what I've been like all my life.

Jenny Slate

LifeStepHappySpringThinkAlive

Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.

Max Irons

StoryYouBecomeOnceLessLikely

One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.

Angus King

LifeMy LifeDoingResultPrinciples

I have never been to Australia, because the flight terrifies me, but I think I would like to go there one day.

Stephen Frears

DayMeThinkGoFlightAustralia

Fear is one of those really primal emotions which you don't want to have incredibly exciting modulations and complex harmonies and all that kind of stuff.

Steven Price

FearYouEmotionsWantKindComplex

For years, I have been writing that ultimately, if nothing else stops the Iranian nuclear project, such as the sanctions or a change in the regime in Tehran, then Israel itself will take action to destroy it from the air.

Ronen Bergman

ChangeWritingActionNothingWill

We humans invented literacy, which means it doesn't come for free with our genes like speech and vision. Every brain has to learn it afresh.

Maryanne Wolf

VisionBrainFreeLearnSpeechCome

In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning the car.

Mary Quant

FamilyCarPastDriveEveningYou

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

Lucinda Franks

LoveMenWiseBabySweetNight

The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really goofy and really silly and crazy. If I get too serious, I start hitting a wall.

Derek Hough

MeCrazyStartKeySillyWall

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