I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
Viggo Mortensen
Recitation: by Male by Female
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
Jerry Falwell
CharacterBlameBelieveFlawsOther
The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a thermometer in your oven.
Tom Douglas
BetterTryingYouTwoWithoutGoing
My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people.
Mira Nair
FamilyPeopleWeddingOpenLiberal
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?'
Mitch Albom
SportsMyselfPeopleStoryPlaySay
People who are passionate about what they do reach financial comfort and wealth more often than those who are not. That argues for doing one of two things. Finding your passion and pursuing it. Or becoming passionate about what you're already pursuing.
Jean Chatzky
PassionPeopleFinancialReachDoing
Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.
Jonathan Raban
AlwaysOverMayBeingDeniedReally
Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.
Dominic Cooper
GriefYouOutExpectingLeastJumps
You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.
Chuck Palahniuk
ControlYouRealizeOverHow
Charities must treat donors as if they were shareholders.
Arpad Busson
TreatShareholdersMustWereDonors
I'm known for changing halfway through the day if my mood swings.
Ashley Madekwe
DayMoodThroughHalfwayChanging
Americans know that we cannot tax and spend our way out of a recession, yet Democrats can't grasp this simple fact.
Pete Sessions
SimpleTaxKnowWayOutDemocrats
Brittle masculinity, in the right setting, becomes political atrocity. Strength brings problems; weakness brings others, but weakness posing as strength is the most dangerous of all.
Timothy D. Snyder
StrengthProblemsPoliticalPosing
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