Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

Orison Swett Marden

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ManValueLivingLowWhoMeans

I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No.

Melvyn Bragg

FishingWritingGolfEnjoyPlaying

Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.

Meghan Markle

FoodTravelAmazingYouRealEat

When I was 15, if Stephen Fry had advised me to trim my eyebrows with a Flymo, I would have given it serious consideration.

Robert Webb

MeSeriousEyebrowsWouldTrimHad

I've always been a news junkie, and an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, and this interest only ramped up during the campaign of 2016 and in the aftermath of the election.

Michiko Kakutani

ElectionNewsAlwaysUpInterest

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

Mona Sutphen

GoodServicePeoplePublic Service

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

Jayson Blair

MeBelieveDemonsRaceMy OwnOwn

I'll always protect what I'm working on. Which is why more and more of it is stuff only I can ruin.

Joss Whedon

I CanWhyProtectMoreAlwaysRuin

When we were kids, we said the Pledge of Allegiance because we were proud of this country, and we said prayer. You know, we thanked the good Lord above.

Johnny Van Zant

GoodPrayerProudYouCountryKnow

Ambassadors are, by definition, foreign bodies.

Clive Sinclair

DefinitionForeignBodies

You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.

Wole Soyinka

LifeLiveCareProblemYouValues

I was making a film on Muhammad Ali in 1964, and I went to Miami to film everything around the fight for the world championship with Sonny Liston. I had the good luck of flying down to Miami, and there was one empty seat, and the guy sitting next to this empty seat was Malcolm X.

William Klein

GoodFightLuckGood LuckWorld

I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone.

Syd

AloneSchoolHigh SchoolFirstHigh

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