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But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

Shmuel Y. Agnon

I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?

Colin Greenwood

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

W. H. Auden

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.

Ewan McGregor

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mohandas Gandhi

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Friedrich Engels

My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.

Jesse J. Garrett

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

Norman Lamm

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

William L. M. King

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.

Darrell Royal

There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.

Ursula K. Le Guin

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

Samuel Goldwyn

So you have a built-in dilemma. Do you want to go after older people who watch news or younger people who watch ABC entertainment shows.

Roone Arledge

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

Chuck Palahniuk

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

Kin Hubbard

In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat it as a big backward and lethargic child.

Aly Khan

Experience really does make you better, man.

Alan Vega

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

E. M. Forster

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Bob Woodward

Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

Leo Rosten

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.

Mahalia Jackson

Inexpensive is good.

Douglas Wilson