In fact, the world needs more nerds.
Ben Bernanke
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?
John Burdett
MoneyThinkAmericanWinnerParis
The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.
Andrew Tobias
BestWalkBondAmericaDownI Can
At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.
Maya Angelou
SmileTimePeopleBlackAmerican
After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible, and a wonderful time all over the world.
Maureen Forrester
TimeWorldCareerOverYearsJust
I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.
Amy Poehler
WorkWomenFeetThinkEndYou
Most youth are lacking critical life skills that make them employable and, most importantly, able to keep a job - things like teamwork, decision-making, and time management.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
LifeTimeJobTeamworkYouthSkills
I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.
Lucinda Williams
LifeMy LifeMeanComplainAnything
What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
HeartCreativeValueKnowAlways
So many great movements didn't succeed the first time, but people kept trying and trying and trying.
Cory Booker
GreatTimePeopleSucceedTrying
I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.
Peter Berg
LoveGoWantUnderstandActorThem
There's no socially acceptable middle age.
Thomas Jane
AgeMiddleMiddle AgeAcceptable
My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
Mariah Carey
FatherMotherMeBlackIrishTan
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