The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.

The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

Adlai Stevenson

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.

John Boorman

Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

Jodi Picoult

Ambition -- it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

James Barrie

Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on them: the starry heavens without and the moral law within.

Immanuel Kant

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

Yvette Clarke

When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love.

Monica Bellucci

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realist, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.

Louis L'Amour, The Walking Drum

Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

Jack London

Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Margaret Mitchell

I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way.

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