Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
#quotes #mitch-kapor #education #career #internet #motivation

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
#quotes #candace-bushnell #education #new-york

But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
#quotes #maria-monk #christianity #power

We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
#quotes #john-w-snow #economy

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books

I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
#quotes #chic-murray #humor

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
#quotes #howard-staunton #board

We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
#quotes #julia-barr #family #friendship #eating

We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
#quotes #kim-clijsters #seasons

All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. ~Stephen Charnock
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
#quotes #eric-maisel #humanity #art

So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
#quotes #desmond-dekker #work

Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #life #education

But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
#quotes #patricia-marx #weeping #stupidity

I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
#quotes #vivienne-westwood #teenage #girls #boys

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
#quotes #don-zimmer #make-up

An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #love

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
#quotes #john-calvin #god

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
#quotes #bill-laswell #music