Florida Scott-Maxwell Quotes

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.

Florida Scott-Maxwell

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AgeTimeMeThoughtGrowQuiet

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.

Jesse Jackson

MeBornI Was BornSlum

People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us.

Jenna Bush

FatherTimeEffortPeopleMeProud

I want my work to be judged, not me.

Steve Coogan

WorkMeWantJudged

If my dad was alive, I wouldn't have gone to boarding school, and I wouldn't have had the success I've had.

Jason Day

SuccessSchoolAliveGoneHadDad

I was a chubby kid who got made fun of a lot, and I got fit in high school, and I stayed fit in my 20s, until my dad died.

Jonathan Van Ness

SchoolFunHigh SchoolKidHighGot

I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war.

Dennis Kucinich

WarEndIntentionSaidWillDead

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.

Cory Monteith

MoreNonfictionFanReadMany

I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes.

Corbin Bleu

SmileBeautifulEyesLovelyOutgoing

The funny thing is that, for some reason, people think when you're pregnant, you have to start wearing maternity wear and wear flats and look Mom-ish. I don't know exactly what people expect of people who are pregnant, but there's definitely a lot of moms out there that look super fabulous all the time, and I guess that's my inspiration.

Coco Rocha

FunnyTimePeopleStartThinkLook

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

Susan Faludi

MarriageRelationshipPeopleWant

It was a lovely feeling, dying. I can remember being in the hospital, all wired up to tubes and thinking, 'If only you'd take these tubes out, it feels so nice.' It felt so - it felt like being in a bath of velvet. It was such a nice feeling. Everything felt so soft and floppy, and I wanted to go.

Pete Burns

ThinkingRememberYouI CanBathGo

It shouldn't be easier for a company to get a tax break on buying another robot than training their employees to gain new skills for the modern economy.

Seth Moulton

TrainingEmployeesTaxNewSkills

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