Kathleen Battle Quotes

In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.

Kathleen Battle

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeFreedomRiverBetterHeaven

As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility that doing it well will lead to doing something more interesting and better paid.

Jill Lepore

WorkBetterInterestingDoingSkill

I hope that the restaurant I go to will have buffalo chicken fingers. I hope that one day I can work with Matt Damon. I have big and little dreams, and they're all equally important to me. A life without buffalo chicken fingers, I don't know if I would want that life. Even if it meant I got to work with Matt Damon. Everything has its worth.

Jenny Slate

LifeWorkDreamsHopeDayMe

I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again.

Sonia Rykiel

LifeYouBackGoKnowNo Regrets

It was always very clear to me that God was sovereign in salvation.

Trip Lee

GodMeAlwaysSalvationClearVery

There are some risks we choose to take because the benefits from taking them exceed the possible costs. Optimal behavior takes risks that are worthwhile. This is the central paradigm of finance: we must take risks to achieve rewards, but not all risks are equally rewarded.

Robert F. Engle

FinanceRisksBehaviorChooseTake

I've always been a gypsy.

Robin Leach

AlwaysGypsyBeen

There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States.

Ron Chernow

WorldStock MarketEasyFindCountry

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

Ruben Studdard

TimeLongWonderLong TimeWant

Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections.

Mary Baker Eddy

HomeEarthShouldSpotBoundary

Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we're brought up to believe that we can't show them.

Luke Evans

MenInsecurityBelieveUpShowMost

The myth of Naipaul... has long been a farce.

Derek Walcott

LongMythBeenFarce

I enjoy talking to fans.

Douglas Wilson

TalkingEnjoyFans

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