We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recitation: by Male by Female
I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes, after just one season. I got used to that. But I found myself choking up a bit at 'OLTL.' It was really hard to say goodbye to those people. It was not the way we wanted to go out.
Michael Easton
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Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul.
Stella Blum
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How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
Stan Brakhage
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All oppression creates a state of war.
Simone de Beauvoir
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I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.
Tracy Pollan
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Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.
Tom Rath
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My family were wheeler-dealer class. They were their own bosses and very glamorous. We lived in a beautiful, big townhouse in Arklow, in Ireland, that we couldn't afford to heat. My father had a business fitting bar furniture, and my mother is an antiques dealer.
Roisin Murphy
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My writing has been shaped by the three countries - Sri Lanka, the Philippines and England - I have lived in.
Romesh Gunesekera
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One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.
Michael Palin
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We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.
Lois Frankel
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I'm from the DMV, which is D.C.-Maryland-Virginia - Prince George's County in Maryland, to be specific.
Jay IDK
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Entrepreneurs always begin the journey believing that they have the next big idea. They dream of the fame and fortune that awaits them if only they had the funding to pursue it. But the reality is that as the product is built and shared with customers, flaws in their concept are discovered that - if not overcome - will kill the business.
Jay Samit
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