What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
Theodore Roethke
Recitation: by Male by Female
If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cosseted in a world where rich people endlessly scratch the backs of rich people.
Maureen Dowd
MoneyPoliticsPeopleWorldRich
The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to manage weather related risks. The challenge of developing such an approach is complex: It must not only encompass all levels of government but must also be developed in a bipartisan manner.
Matt Cartwright
LeadershipChallengeGovernmentRisks
People have certain ideas of what they think you should be, and I have fought that categorisation my whole life.
Michael Buble
LifePeopleIdeasThinkYouWhole
It's pretty challenging in a small country to develop a business school with a world-class reputation because of the problem of attracting a critical mass of top-class researchers.
John Quelch
BusinessSchoolSmallReputation
My first big one-person show was basically a combination of my family, me during puberty, embarrassing newspaper articles that were written about me in high school, my first modeling photos, and terrible things that people said about me on the Internet.
Tom Lenk
FamilySchoolPeopleMeHigh School
Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.
Tom Waits
GoodbyeRoadSongsMostTales
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
Robert A. Heinlein
ChildrenEasyYourMakingLives
I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'.
Russell Means
ArtistNeverLastKnewDidUntil
A thoughtful piece of criticism by somebody who understands the context of what you are doing is a tremendous gift and honor to read, even if they don't completely embrace your work.
Jon Favreau
WorkGiftCriticismHonorDoingYou
All of a sudden, I was in charge of my own decisions in the studio, and I didn't have someone to guide me on what I was doing, right or wrong... I wasn't a producer, and I didn't realize until then how important producers were and how much they assisted me in my work. I tried to do what I could, but I had no idea what would be good for the market.
Johnny Mathis
WorkGoodMeDecisionsDoingWrong
The world of superheroes is black and white; the world of monsters is not. Sometimes you need evil to fight evil.
Donna Langley
Black And WhiteFightEvilWorldYou
I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.
Deval Patrick
GreatPoliticsJobDoorThinking
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