The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Recitation: by Male by Female
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.
Jim Lovell
LiveScienceManMoonWorldGo
The ethos on Wall Street has not changed, and that's not going to come from the corner office. That's going to come, for better or worse, from Washington, and the whole idea of greed is still good, that is still pervasive.
Andrew Ross Sorkin
GoodGreedBetterWallStreetGoing
As a child growing up in World War II, I was very moved and stirred by what was going on, but I distanced myself from history. I regarded history as just one more subject.
Ann Rinaldi
HistoryMyselfWarChildGrowing Up
Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.
Amy Hood
ConfidenceJobStepUncomfortable
Despite being bailed out - in some cases repeatedly - by the public purse, the automakers have shown little public spirit.
Robert Zubrin
SpiritOutLittleBeingPurseSome
If Dick Shelby were to participate in a debate, it would answer a lot of questions about his health and cognitive ability.
Ron Crumpton
HealthQuestionsDebateAbilityHis
The mirror is a powerful tool because it forces you to deal with yourself on a deeper level. Conceptually, paintings are like mirrors. They're an expression from the artist: 'This is how I view the world - I'm presenting it to you.'
Mickalene Thomas
MirrorYourselfWorldViewPowerful
If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't really matter. I'd have a glass of wine and a cigarette.
Loudon Wainwright III
LiveSingingSongThinkWineGlass
A pen is different from the pad, the key, moving your fingers across a screen. I like both. I like to work on sketchbooks, big old white sketch paper. I like how that feels, and I like to put different media on it. Then there's the phone, smartphone, iPad: It's the new page, and it's not the same page anymore.
Juan Felipe Herrera
WorkMovingKeyMediaPenPhone
This concept that starting a company is so hard and that you'll never make it is conspiracy concocted by the rich and powerful to keep you from trying - and you've fallen for it.
Jason Calacanis
RichTryingYouPowerfulNeverHard
I've been through worst, seen worst.
Jason Pierre-Paul
WorstThroughSeenBeen
I read some books, and I thought, 'This is better than sliced bread!' and a month later, I couldn't remember thinking about it. And I've read others that were kind of a slog, and I've put them down and come back six months later thinking, 'Wow, this is great.' So, you know, things change all the time.
Diana Gabaldon
ChangeGreatTimeThinkingBetter
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