Never was anything great achieved without danger.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Recitation: by Male by Female
I could stifle my voice, or strip it. I know that I could, because we can do anything we put our minds to. I know that I could, but it feels very unnatural for me to strip my prose like that, in part because place is so important to me.
Jesmyn Ward
MeVoicePlaceKnowImportantMinds
The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to folly; at times I felt sharp reproof, but I did not get low enough to cry for help.
John Woolman
TimePeaceMeEnoughHelpCry
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
Amanda McBroom
HeartDanceNeverAfraidBreaking
I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies.
Michael Keaton
TimeResponsibilityChildMeMomGo
Free migration within Europe means that countries that have done a better job at reducing unemployment will predictably end up with more than their fair share of refugees. Workers in these countries bear the cost in depressed wages and higher unemployment, while employers benefit from cheaper labor.
Joseph Stiglitz
JobFreeEndBetterLaborDone
I hate show business.
Joni Mitchell
BusinessHateShow BusinessShow
After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.
Donovan
GreatFootballRightPolioLegEven
It's odd to think of yourself as an orphan at 55.
Christopher Buckley
YourselfThinkOddOrphan
Against Knowledge I have, as the light cynic observed of a certain lady's past, only one serious objection - that there is so much of it.
Arthur Quiller-Couch
KnowledgeLightPastLadySerious
The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.
Winston Marshall
DayStruggleEnjoyQuitOverGet
For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.
Nick Rhodes
MeEveningBetterWatchingAlways
Though my conduct on the 10th of August 1792 was the act of my life of which I have most reason to be proud, I will here merely do homage to the worthy martyrs of the national sovereignty and the sworn laws, who, while they supported constitutional royalty, manifested the highest degree of republican virtue.
Marquis de Lafayette
LifeProudMy LifeRoyaltyVirtue
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