A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
J. P. Morgan
Recitation: by Male by Female
There was a time, after I earned my graduate degree and before I sold my first novel, when it looked like I might have to get an office job.
Jesse Kellerman
TimeJobFirstOfficeDegreeEarned
I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.
Jenny Eclair
LieRedFaceWeekDownThree
I can't prove it, but I can say it.
Stephen Colbert
I CanSayProve
People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.
Steven Lopez
WorkHard WorkLoveSupportPeople
The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.
Tom Douglas
WashingtonUsGiveWashington State
It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society.
Ron Lewis
GreatFinanceSocietyFinancialOwn
We refuse to recognize problems of form, but only problems of building. Form is not the aim of our work, but only the result. Form, by itself, does not exist. Form as an aim is formalism; and that we reject.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
WorkBuildingProblemsResultAim
Technology improves our lives in so many ways - from our toasters, ovens, and refrigerators at home to our computers, fax machines, and BlackBerrys at work. Technology makes once-burdensome tasks easy and fun.
Jared Polis
WorkHomeTechnologyFunComputers
I have four Rhode Island Red hens. I get two eggs from them a day. They're feathered dustbins that eat leftover food and weeds, and they're easy to look after - I throw some grain at them in the morning, take the eggs and that's it. I love the sound of clucking.
Deborah Moggach
LoveMorningFoodDayRedLook
The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.
David Tang
FamousPersonImageBearsOften
Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
MoneyPoliticsIdeasBattleMilitary
When I shop, I only do it when I really have to do it for something. I don't like to try on clothing like that - as much I love looking fly.
Ciara
LoveFlyLookingTryClothingOnly
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