We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Recitation: by Male by Female
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.
Matthew Modine
LifeGoodFatherGreatBestMe
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really family-friendly. The second thing is the music is jazz music, so the music is complicated enough to hold your attention for 5 or 6 million plays. That makes the songs interesting. The last part is the fact that it's danceable.
John Tesh
MusicMeSweetKeyInterestingJazz
Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.
Shirley Temple
FreedomNothingTankCrushes
I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.
Mary MacLane
DayWorldEvery DayWantWrite
There are lots of things that could be done. We could get more help from the UCI, like forcing Pro-Tour teams to have a women's equivalent.
Lizzie Armitstead
WomenHelpDoneMoreThingsGet
I will forever be thankful to the Malawians and international community, and my professional army and army general, who said: 'No, we will follow the constitution.' That's why I'm here.
Joyce Banda
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The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.
Douglas Feith
WorkDecisionGovernmentKeyBecause
I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me... And he basically outlined 'American Horror Story' for me and said that there's a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I'd like you to play it.
Denis O'Hare
CharacterMeSayingStoryAmerican
When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
Dean Koontz
WorkWorkingNovelWeeks
It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.
Chloe Sevigny
GreatFeelSomeoneYouInspiration
And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.
Ariel Sharon
SmallCountryYearsIsraelInterest
I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?
Priyanka Chopra
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