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Kate Williams Quotes

One of Britain's big problems throughout history has been that we lust after consumer goods from elsewhere, but our friends overseas have been less enthusiastic about buying things we produce.

Kate Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british

Topics

History Problems Friends Lust Buying

Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us human. This is why, from the day Facebook Platform launched in 2007, Causes has been honored to be one of the most popular applications, with over 140 million users.

Joe Green

Day Doing Why Others Human Anything

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.

Johnny Carson

Health Food Day Man Rich Smoking

Now that I finally have the time for it, this web surfing stuff turns out to be as interesting and fun and addictive as you've all been telling me. Zipping from link to link, chasing an idea across the noosphere, sucking up information like a killer whale - way cool.

Spider Robinson

Time Fun Me Cool Interesting You

Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crusty little cake trimmings, ends from a brisket, collars from a salmon, scraps. But they're snacks to me, and I eat them right off the cutting board - maybe too much.

Tom Douglas

Cake Me Chef You Too Much Mean

I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.

Matt Bevin

Knowledge Power Knowledge Is Power

The intensity with which Janis Joplin sings, you simply can't find a singer like that. It's almost scary the amount of emotion and energy and passion she puts into her performance.

Michael Wadleigh

Passion Performance Energy You Find

That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy and immorally wrong.

Louise Slaughter

Children Time World Bad Wrong Know

These two staples of work life - meetings and managers - are actually the greatest causes of work not getting done at the office. In fact, the further away you are from both meetings and managers, the more work gets done.

Jason Fried

Life Work Meetings You Done Office

An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.

Jason Robards

Change Character Words Thought Play

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

Dick Bruna

Work Amazing Thought Try Up Get

I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life.

Debra Messing

Life My Life You Know Seriously Try

I've never tried to be anything but me. Even with Slipknot, where it can almost feel like a roll sometimes, it's still a part of who I am. It's a very strong and passionate part of who I am, and I'm lucky enough to have an audience that is really open to what I do.

Corey Taylor

I Am Me Strong Feel Enough Lucky