Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Samuel Johnson
Recitation: by Male by Female
I like quality over quantity.
Jidenna
QualityOverQuantityLike
My grandfather had a proper bookcase of egghead books, and he gave them to me in alphabetical order. So we moved from Aeschylus to the Brontas, and I can still remember the great relief of going from the dipus cycle to Jane Eyre.
Jill Paton Walsh
GreatMeRememberI CanGrandfather
The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.
Jenny Han
PeopleWritingThinkFeelHelpYou
The bottom line is the best way to lead is to play well.
Andrew Whitworth
BestPlayWayLeadLineBottom
Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.
Meg Whitman
HealthGovernmentCareNameYouTax
Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
Maureen O'Hara
MountainMeSceneFondaHenryGave
I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Stanley A. McChrystal
PeopleAmericanGoalDefeatWant
I have no feelings for the criminal. All my feelings lie with the victim.
Tom Price
LieFeelingsVictimCriminal
I'm not particularly tall, strong, fast, or aggressive.
Robert Downey, Jr.
StrongFastAggressiveTall
I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.
Rita Rudner
MedicalDoctorOfficeGoingSurgery
I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
Mary J. Blige
GodMeWinStoryWin Or LoseChoose
I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.
Mira Nair
I AmIndependentMy OwnFirstAlways
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