Edward Ball Quotes

Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery in America.

Edward Ball

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SlaveryAmericaRomeAfricaWest

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Jeremy Taylor

ManThinkPoorMoreFortuneDesires

In real life, I have mostly gone for nice guys. I definitely had a phase where I was like, "Oh, the bad guy is really cool." It's fun to be bad for a while, and then that ended really terribly - one piece of advice I'll give to people is your mom is always right.

Melissa Ordway

LifeFunPeopleCoolMomAdvice

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

Simon Newcomb

ImpossibleFlightAirInsignificant

I worked in a post-production facility for television, but in the machine room, so I was one of the nerds, essentially - making sure everyone had their footage in and all of that stuff.

Shura

TelevisionEveryoneRoomNerdsSure

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

Tom Wopat

EducationMusicExperienceYouRock

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Ruth Handler

FinanceFinancialPricePaidPro

You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.

Monica Johnson

GodTimePeopleYouWrongSee

I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?

Anne Perry

GoodPastPeopleDifferencesWonder

Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.

Annette Lu

FightNeighborsReasonChinaAgainst

I don't think of myself as a trendy person at all, and if I'm anything, I'm probably contrarian.

Alfred Enoch

MyselfThinkPersonAnythingTrendy

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

Paula Poundstone

CommunityTimePeoplePlacesTalk

I am sure if you went back to the days of 'My Fair Lady,' they would have had one public dress rehearsal, and that is it. And in a way, I would like to go back to that. Now you have people tweeting and blogging immediately, so you may as well regard your first preview as your opening night because you are going to get reviews.

Tim Rice

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