Barbara Demick Quotes

By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.

Barbara Demick

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BrokenBetterCountryEverythingOut

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.

Jimmy Greaves

SwearingMuchPartVeryAboutThing

It's easy to measure success by the number of dollars spent or by the number of programs initiated, without having too much regard for what was bought and how useful it was to the people who need it - the war fighter and the analyst.

Stephen Cambone

SuccessWarPeopleEasyMeasure

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

Trisha Yearwood

FamilyMotherTogetherJobDinner

The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.

Shirin Ebadi

FreedomRespectGreatYouthFace

'The Notebook' gets me every time. It's a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other's nerves, but they can't live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.

Michael Strahan

LoveLiveGreatTimeMeStory

Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother did that 50 years ago, but it wasn't called multitasking or stress back then. She had a job, two kids and the meals to make with no cook or maid. My father would come home every day and expect lunch. He was a nice guy, but he was clueless!

Mireille Guiliano

WorkFatherMotherHomeWomenDay

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.

Janos Bolyai

ManWoodsSeasonLikeMathematical

I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.

Diego Costa

GoalsTeamBetterPlayWillOthers

I never had a problem with social situations. A lot of times, when people are in school, they can have a little hesitancy because people are mean sometimes. I never had that problem because I never had that experience. So, I had a pretty easy transition.

Britt Robertson

ExperienceSchoolPeopleProblem

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

Armistead Maupin

NatureFaithHuman NatureStrangers

I love dressing for the winter - especially in baggy chunky cardigans.

Pixie Lott

LoveWinterDressingI LoveBaggy

The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

William H. Macy

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