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W. Averell Harriman Quotes

We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.

W. Averell Harriman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 15, 1891 - July 26, 1986

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Leader Great War Never Without He

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Mind Tradition Security Secure Our

It is not the role of Congress to decide legal cases between private parties. That is why we have courts.

Jerrold Nadler

Legal Congress Why Decide Role

My philosophy is very much to encourage my children to forge their own success and happiness, even though that will undoubtedly involve much more modest levels of wealth creation.

John Caudwell

Success Happiness Children Philosophy

I took one acting class as an undergrad, and I loved it. I was in a very avant-garde play at UCLA about a closeted, married homosexual. I played his father.

Maz Jobrani

Father Loved Acting Play Class Very

If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is so meticulous.

John Hodgman

You Look Mean See Dictionary He

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.

John James Audubon

Life Man New York Yellow Me Ship

If you keep looking backwards, you don't go anywhere.

Jeff Ross

Looking You Go Backwards Keep

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Tony Blair

Leadership Art Saying Easy Say Yes

I always remember smelling Chanel No. 5 at home - my mum used to literally pour it, and she rocked it.

Rita Ora

Home Remember She Always Used Pour

Every career thing I do can't be perfect and sometimes my decisions are wrong.

Miley Cyrus

Decisions Perfect Career Wrong Every

I have a crazy amount of different jobs, so the way I manage that is to not do more than one at a time. It's like old computers that had small memory chips, they would do something called swapping, where they would fill the memory with one task, do it and get it out.

Louis C. K.

Time Memory Crazy Small Computers

I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'

Dick Van Dyke

Say Actor More Always Singer Well