Lauren DeStefano Quotes

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

Lauren DeStefano

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For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.

John Calvin

GodGreatRiseWillHimMighty

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

Meghan Markle

GirlHotFirstAuditionSomeMovie

I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Stephen Costello

MeStoryEndPlayTrumpetSide

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

Sue Monk Kidd

LittleJustBooksReadPrintMaybe

No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.

Mignon McLaughlin

ThoughtWillMatterHalfIdeaMoved

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

EnjoyKnowWhyOrderPrettyHere

The information age has ushered in a networked and interdependent world, one in which challenges and opportunities appear and disappear faster than traditional organizational models can manage.

Chris Fussell

AgeChallengesWorldOpportunities

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that's nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too.

Christopher Reeve

ManSchoolMeActingProfessional

Somewhere in this process, I begin reading and showing my book to my audience. When I say my audience, I mean a single imaginary child who is a blend of myself as a young person, the students in my wife's classroom of first- through third-graders, and the students from two classrooms I visit regularly in the Bronx, New York.

Chris Raschka

MyselfWifeNew YorkChildReading

Quality will save our company.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

QualityWillCompanySaveOur

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

Paul Tsongas

WinningBackGoTrySeeTraditions

The stunning thing about the world as it is, is that we have a tremendously large problem in it: namely, one-third of all human deaths, 80-million every year from poverty-related causes, trivial diseases and so on, and stunningly, nobody is really paying attention to it.

Thomas Pogge

WorldProblemYearAttentionNobody

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