The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
Adam Smith
Recitation: by Male by Female
You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous.
Jimmy Swaggart
GodLieYouRidiculous
You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.
Joel Osteen
FeelYouKnowAlwaysComingAgainst
I was not able to be the front forward of a soccer team - that is a way to make people super happy every Sunday. What I can do is tell stories and try to put my coin in that discussion.
Alvaro Enrigue
HappyPeopleTeamForwardI CanWay
To do a 'Bond' picture is a blessing but also a curse.
Maryam D'Abo
BlessingBondPictureCurseAlso
I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.
Mike Quigley
ChangeFightingWashingtonDNAYears
Sanity is surely not about normality in the statistical sense: it is about an eternal and natural idea of the healthy personality - which indeed may be a rare achievement.
Michael Leunig
PersonalityAchievementHealthyRare
We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can't walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.
Joyce Meyer
GodWalkProblemYouMaterial Things
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
Jean Cocteau
NeverAdmirationPoetHeWants
The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and like to be admired, so at least, at first, they often seek to be praised abroad.
Chrystia Freeland
LeaderSilenceWorldCriticismFirst
Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later.
Antony Beevor
WorkFollowOriginalCodePottery
I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
Anne McCaffrey
WriterRaiseHappenedHeAnyway
I was a publicist for other people's movies.
Ava DuVernay
PeopleMoviesOtherPublicist
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