The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.
Paul P. Harris
Recitation: by Male by Female
That's the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven't got taste, money doesn't matter: You'll always look ghastly.
Joanna Lumley
MoneyYouLookMatterAlwaysTaste
I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. There's a lot of people who are committed to - soulfully.
Jerry Garcia
MusicPeopleBetterTryingNow
We made certain that there were decent transitional arrangements to get us to where we wanted to go. The same principle will have to apply here or we won't get there.
John Anderson
GoWillSameHereUsGet
Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'
Jen Lancaster
StormCoolRememberRunKidUsed
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.
John Connolly
GoodRespectYourselfWritingStory
My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon
LeaderReflectionPeopleSocietyTry
But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.
Anita Roddick
PeopleStock MarketWorthYouWealth
The Deadwood dirt they painted on us with powder. The air always smelled of livestock and something burning, gave a sooty, dense feel to the air. It was a mixture of odors.
Robin Weigert
FeelAlwaysAirDirtSomethingUs
I don't know why women aren't allowed to have the same sort of breadth and scope and flaws of men.
Ruth Negga
WomenMenFlawsKnowWhySame
I don't even know what 'successful' means. We're all failures. Look at the world. We're all complicit.
Miriam Toews
WorldLookKnowSuccessfulMeans
'Cat?' 'Cat' can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he's in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he's a cat.
Louis Armstrong
GoodMusicHeartTogetherManEnjoy
I get my most creative sort of energy after a show. So I love to go back to the hotel and compose new material. Generally in a rush, exactly. I have to get it out somehow, otherwise I can't sleep, you know.
Jason Mraz
LoveCreativeSleepEnergyHotelGo
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