People always make war when they say they love peace.
D. H. Lawrence
Recitation: by Male by Female
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.
Jesse Livermore
SoulMeLossWrongForgetNever
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'
John Cage
MusicCultureBetterEntertainment
When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.
Matthew Perry
PeopleDeepSituationSeriousHumour
Being a parent is amazing.
Angela Kinsey
AmazingParentBeing
Despite broad public support, raising the minimum wage is always difficult owing to the disproportionate influence that wealthy firms and donors have in Congress.
Angus Deaton
SupportInfluenceCongressDifficult
Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's your body telling you something.
Jean Smart
GoodGodMyselfThinkYouBody
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
Simon Mainwaring
GoodConflictDemocracyLivingDuty
I feel like a first-team Premier League player at Palace.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
FeelPalaceI Feel LikeLikeI Feel
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.
Rudolph A. Marcus
LifeMeReadingMy LifeProblem
I think part of the fun about walking around in ski boots is making it look as awkward as possible. I really think that's enjoyable. I don't know why.
Mikaela Shiffrin
FunThinkWalkingBootsLookKnow
We're moving into an era when things are dematerialised and much more holographic. Floating above the physical world and the geographic map, there's another landscape that's constantly changing - something like a cloud - of communication, information, exchange and commerce.
Doug Aitken
CommunicationMovingWorldLandscape
I believe you need scientific proof that something works before you entrust your health to it.
Britt Ekland
HealthBelieveYouI BelieveNeed
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