Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919

Topics

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For me, 'Sam & Cat' is cool because it's got this buddy-comedy aspect that 'iCarly' or 'Victorious' didn't have.

Jennette McCurdy

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Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

Amy Lee

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You can only whine for so long. Then you need to get your life back.

Marya Hornbacher

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I love writing music.

Mary Steenburgen

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Really skinny actresses make me hungry - I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!

Miranda Lambert

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When I came to M.I.T. in 1960, only 4 percent of the students were female. Today, it's about 40 percent of undergraduates. At Lincoln Lab, they had 1,000 men and two women. But we had a very good boss, and he treated us just like everybody else.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character.

Jay Ryan

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The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.

Domhnall Gleeson

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When I cast great actors, I try to make extraordinary people ordinary, dealing with these extremely small intimate details of interpersonal relationships against an epic backdrop.

Derek Cianfrance

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Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.

Dee Dee Myers

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Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know.

Debbie Reynolds

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People like my honesty. When I'm sane, I'm very much myself.

Boy George

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