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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

Benjamin Disraeli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: british
Birth: December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881

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Someone Difference Him Out Again

I'm comfortable in my skin, and for my look to be celebrated is great.

Andreja Pejic

Great Look Skin Comfortable

I've been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records.

Mayer Hawthorne

Been Records Read Labels Before

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

Roland Joffe

Work Picture Trying Actor Director

I'm pretty good at video games, but I'm the champ when it comes to pinball, and that's just because it's old-fashion like I am. I can't get enough of pinball.

Roy Jones Jr.

Good I Am Video Games Enough Games

When I got to write for the 'Battlefield' record, it was almost therapeutic. I had gone through a few things in the two years prior and it was really nice to take those thoughts and emotions and get them out. I definitely want to hone that side of my artistry.

Jordin Sparks

Thoughts Emotions Nice Want Write

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.

Jon Meacham

Memories Childhood I Am River Farm

My mother used to ask me to stay home from school and keep her company. I'd fake I was sick, and she'd fake believing me.

Dinah Manoff

Mother Home School Me Sick Fake

If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity.

Donna Lynne Champlin

Thinking Place Creating Say Anything

I'm really troubled by the prevalence of single-sport specializations. I want my kids to do as many things for as long as they can. Specialization is a natural thing that should come later - it shouldn't come for 8-year-olds.

Douglas Brunt

Long Want Things Natural Come Kids

I want to record the name of Chen Guangbiao in Chinese history.

Chen Guangbiao

History Name Want Chinese Record

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Brennan Manning

Faith Hope Trust Down Person Jesus

It is true that I am one of the co-authors of 'Nudge,' and I am a behavioral economist, but it does not mean that everything we write about in that book is behavioral economics, nor does it mean that my co-author, the distinguished legal scholar Cass Sunstein, is a behavioral economist.

Richard Thaler

I Am Economics Book Legal True Mean