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If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
I got in athletics, which gave me self-esteem and made me feel like I had a place in the world; that was the initial attraction with acting for me.
Ed Harris
[Advise] the ruler to govern the state as one cooks a small fish -- that is, don't turn it so often in the pan that it disintegrates.
Lao Tzu
Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it.
Stanley Tucci
No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
Lynn Johnston
Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?
Marilyn vos Savant
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
Ahmed Ben Bella
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Charles Caleb Colton
You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought of. Even thought of! The idea, that here's this vital energy, and that element doesn't even know it exists!
Joseph Jarman
I am appalled at the terrible acts of biological terrorism that have caused death, disease and havoc in this great country starting last fall.
Steven Hatfill
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
Patrick Henry
Feeling better is not actually being better.
James Randi
Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
Oriana Fallaci
I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.
Stanley Tucci
Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
Ambrose Bierce
The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process.
James T. Walsh
Every time we remember to say "thank you," we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world.
Tony Visconte
I'm not sure I can say it's my favourite but what certainly came to mind when you asked me the question was the computer that we put together for Elementary, Dear Data, a hologram episode.
Richard D. James
We've got to take care of the poor.
Bob Riley
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
Anton Chekhov
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.
David Letterman
I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done.
Gil Gerard