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Samuel Smiles Quotes

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes them as rust does iron.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: scottish
Birth: December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904

Topics

Heart Men Man Rust Iron Out

Money messes up everything. It ruins art. The second you start putting price tags on this stuff, it's... Art isn't for just the wealthy. It's for everybody to enjoy.

Art Money Start Enjoy You Price

If you bore them to death and say, this hurts me more than it hurts you, #A, they're not going to believe it, and #B, they're going to invest their time in other things anyway.

Robert Sternberg

Time Death Me Believe You Say

I do put my questions in terms of the sharpest polarities of the issue. But I don't want a preponderance of opinion over factual data.

John J. McLaughlin

Opinion Questions Data Want Over

I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S.

Me Three Want Going Set Apart

Award ceremonies are strange because you're sitting next to someone you've never met; you're celebrating with a total stranger.

Aneurin Barnard

Someone Award You Sitting Strange

That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.

Power Energy Done Say Never Up

Sometimes when you speak what's on your mind - I'm talking everything on your mind, and - people can get a misconception of you.

People Mind Speak Talking You Get

My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them.

Home Son Best Wife Happy Chocolate

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

Writing Summer Kid Over Reports

I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in.

Love Technology People Looking Apple

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'

Dog People Me Story Lady Unknown

It has become a routine for the media to link me with all the stars I work with.

Work Stars Me Media Routine Become

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